Meloidogyne duytsi Karssen, van Aelst & van der Putten, 1998

The root-knot nematode Meloidogyne duytsi is a common species in coastal front dunes in Western Europe. It parasitizes on grasses as Elymus Elytrigia farctus (sand couch-grass) and Ammophila arenaria (marram grass) and is adapted to the brackisch environment of the coastal front dunes. The root-knot nematode was named after mr. Henk Duyts (NIOO, The Netherlands), who found this species for the first time at Oostvoorne, the Netherlands.

Meloidogyne duytsi Karssen, van Aelst & van der Putten, 1998

Meloidogyne duytsi: second-stage juvenile body
Meloidogyne duytsi: second-stage juvenile body
Meloidogyne duytsi: second-stage juvenile anterior region
Meloidogyne duytsi: second-stage juvenile anterior region
Meloidogyne duytsi: second-stage juvenile median bulb
Meloidogyne duytsi: second-stage juvenile median bulb
Meloidogyne duytsi: second-stage juvenile S-E pore, hemizonid
Meloidogyne duytsi: second-stage juvenile S-E pore, hemizonid
Meloidogyne duytsi: second-stage juvenile tail region
Meloidogyne duytsi: second-stage juvenile tail region
Meloidogyne duytsi: male with Pasteuria penetrans
Meloidogyne duytsi: male with Pasteuria penetrans
Meloidogyne duytsi: spicules
Meloidogyne duytsi: spicules

Meloidogyne duytsi: male posterior body
Meloidogyne duytsi: male posterior body

Meloidogyne duytsi: female perineal pattern
Meloidogyne duytsi: female perineal pattern

Meloidogyne duytsi: female S-E pore
Meloidogyne duytsi: female S-E pore

(Click on the pictures for an enlargement, © NVWA/Pictures: Gerrit Karssen and Adriaan van Aelst and © Wageningen University & Research, Laboratory of Nematology/Pictures: Hanny van Megen) )