First record of Helicotylenchus varicaudatus Yuen, 1964 (Nematoda: Hoplolaimidae) parasitizing Ammophila arenaria (L.) Link in Portuguese coastal sand dunes

C. Schreck Reis, M.C. Vieira dos Santos, M. Marais, M.S. N. de A. Santos, H. Duyts, H. Freitas, W.H. Van der Putten, I.M. de O. Abrantes

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Abstract

A spiral nematode, Helicotylenchus varicaudatus Yuen, 1964, parasitizing Ammophila arenaria (L.) Link, the dominant grass in the Portuguese coastal sand dunes, is reported from Portugal for the first time and raises to seven the number of Helicotylenchus species detected in Portugal. A redescription of the species, with illustrations, and light and scanning electron microscope images of both female and male specimens, is presented. The rDNA containing the internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS) of H. varicaudatus was analysed with ITS-RFLP using the restriction endonuclease Hinf I. Molecular data from the ribosomal small subunit (SSU) (18S) confirmed the identification
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)212-226
JournalPhytopathologia Mediterranea
Volume49
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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