Claim · model-written summary
Juveniles have a head region that is not annulated and a tail with a definite terminus.
- Taxon
- American sycamore
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Platanus occidentalise0 - Outcome
- head region of juveniles is not annulated, and the tail has a definite terminuse5
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Meloidogyne platani n. sp. is described and illustrated from specimens obtained from roots of American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis, in Virginia”
e5“The head region of juveniles is not annulated, and the tail has a definite terminus”
Title
Meloidogyne platani n. sp. (Meloidogynidae), a Root-knot Nematode Parasitizing American Sycamore.
H Hirschmann PubMed 1982
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Observation Meloidogyne platani n. sp. was described and illustrated from roots of American sycamore in Virginia.
- Observation Females of the new species have a rounded perineal pattern with fine wavy to zig-zag striae.
- Observation The female stylet is 16.5 mum long with large, rounded knobs set off from the shaft.
- Observation The male stylet (styler) length is 22.0 mum, with rounded knobs set off from the shaft.
- Observation Mean second-stage juvenile length is 443.0 mum.
- Observation Mean second-stage juvenile stylet length is 12.2 mum.
- Observation Males have a low head cap and a smooth head region.
- Observation The nematode causes severe galling on sycamore.
- Observation The nematode reproduces well on sycamore.
- Observation White ash is a good host of the nematode.
- Observation Tobacco cv. NC 95 is a good host of the nematode.
- Observation The nematode reproduces by mitotic parthenogenesis.
- Observation The somatic chromosome number of the nematode is approximately 45 (2n).