Molecular Characterization of a Xiphinema hunaniense Population with Morphometric Data of all Four Juvenile Stages |
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| Authors: | Y Wu J Zheng and R T Robbins |
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| Institution: | 1Graduate Student and 2Professor, Institute of Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, People''s Republic of China 3Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Nematology Laboratory, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 |
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| Abstract: | A population of Xiphinema hunaniense Wang and Wu, 1992 with all four juvenile stages was found in the rhizosphere of Pinus sp. in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Morphometrics of 18 females and 35 juveniles of this population are given herein. Detailed morphology and morphometrics of the four juvenile stages are provided. Further comparisons based on morphometrics of the population with previous studies of the females and the first-stage juveniles of X. hunaniense with X. radicicola are given, and morphological variation in X. hunaniense populations are discussed. A revised polytomous key code of Loof and Luc (1990) for X. hunaniense identification is provided, i.e., A1- B4- C4- D4/5- E1- F2(3)- G2- H2-I3- J4- K2- L1. In addition, the sequence of the D2 and D3 expansion region of the 28S rRNA gene was analyzed and compared with sequences of closely related species downloaded from the NCBI database. Cluster analysis of sequences confirmed and supported the species identifications. |
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| Keywords: | China juveniles morphometrics nematode taxonomy Xiphinema hunaniense |
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