Xiphinema insigne

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Xiphinema insigne
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Order: Dorylaimida
Family: Longidoridae
Genus: Xiphinema
Species:
X. insigne
Binomial name
Xiphinema insigne
Loos, 1949

Xiphinema insigne is a plant pathogenic nematode infecting tea. They are known to infect cacao trees. [1]

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Distribution

They are known to live in the Philippines. [1] It also resides in China, where it is the most common of all of the Xiphinema nematodes. [2]

Characteristics

There is a great deal of interspecies variation within the Xiphinema insigne population, generally variations are due to, or at least correlate with, geographical or climate differences. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ciancio, A.; Mukerji, K.G., eds. (2009). Integrated management of fruit crops and forest nematodes. Dordrecht: Springer. p. 125. ISBN   9781402098581.
  2. 1 2 Yang, Wu; Zhang, Yan; Yan, Xiao-Ning; Zheng, Jing-Wu (2007). "Morphological variation in Xiphinema insigne populations from different regions of China". Acta Zoologica Sinica. 53 (1): 167–174. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016.


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