Embryonic and Postembryonic Development of Meloidogyne californiensis AbdeI-Rahman & Maggenti, 1987 [Research Note]

Authors

Fawzia Abdel-Rahman, University of California - Davis
Armand R. Maggenti, University of California - Davis

Date of this Version

1987

Comments

Published in the Journal of Nematology (1987) 19(4):504-508. Copyright 1987, the Society of Nematologists. Used by permission.

Abstract

The embryonic and postembryonic development of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are well known and have been studied in detail. These studies have indicated that the ontogeny of rootknot nematodes is characterized by five developmental stages separated by four molts. In 1987, Abdel-Rahman and Maggenti described a new root-knot nematode species, Meloidogyne californiensis on bulrush (Scirpus robustus Pursh) in California. The objective of this note is to provide information on the ontogeny of M. californiensis.