An updated list of the plants associated with plant-parasitic Aphelenchoides (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) and its implications for plant-parasitism within this genus
Author
Sánchez-Monge, Alcides
Author
Flores, Lorena
Author
Salazar, Luis
Author
Hockland, Sue
Author
Bert, Wim
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Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4013.2.3
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Aphelenchoides blastophthorus
Franklin, 1952
This species is commonly found on ornamental plants of the genera
Anchusa
L. (
Boraginaceae Juss.
),
Begonia
L. (
Begoniaceae C. Agardh
),
Caltha
L. and
Trollius
L. (
Ranunculaceae Juss.
),
Cephalaria
Schrad. ex Roem. & Schult.
(
Dipsacaceae Juss.
),
Convallaria
L. (
Asparagaceae
),
Dipsacus
L. (
Dipsacaceae
),
Geum
L. (
Rosaceae
),
Narcissus
L. (
Amaryllidaceae J.St.
-Hil.)
and
Viola
L. (
Violaceae Batsch
) (
Escuer & Bello 2000
,
Ortuño & Oros 2002
),
Anemone
L. (
Ranunculaceae
) (
McCuiston
et al.
2007
),
Iris
L. (
Iridaceae Juss.
) and
Hepatica
Mill. (Ranunculaceae)
(UCDavis Nemabase 2010) but it is particularly important in
Scabiosa caucasica
M. Bieb.
(
Caprifoliaceae Juss.
) on which it destroys the inflorescence and causes laminae distortion (
Singh
et al.
2013
).
Haukeland & Brekke (2000)
also showed the damaging potential of this species on strawberry (
Fragaria
x
anannasa
Duchesne,
Rosaceae
) in
Norway
.