Longidorus sylphus

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Thorne's needle nematode
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L. sylphus
Binomial name
Longidorus sylphus
Thorne, 1939 [1]
Synonyms
  • Longidorus elongatus(de Man, 1876) Thorne & Swanger, 1936
  • Longidorus menthosolanus [2]

Longidorus sylphus (Thorne's needle nematode) is a plant pathogenic nematode, which attacks mint.

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