An updated list of the plants associated with plant-parasitic Aphelenchoides (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) and its implications for plant-parasitism within this genus
Author
Sánchez-Monge, Alcides
Author
Flores, Lorena
Author
Salazar, Luis
Author
Hockland, Sue
Author
Bert, Wim
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Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
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Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi
(
Schwartz, 1911
)
Steiner & Buhrer, 1932a
After
A. fragariae
,
A. ritzemabosi
has the highest number of reported hosts in both flowering plants and ferns (
Table 1
,
Fig. 1
). It is particularly problematic on
Chrysanthemum
L. and has previously been reported from circa 200 plant species (
Escuer & Bello 2000
,
McCuiston 2007
). That number increases to
321 in
this paper with 314 flowering plants and seven ferns (
Table 1
).
Escuer & Bello (2000)
mentioned that several weed species or noncultivated plants are suitable hosts for this species and further studies should be addressed to confirm this possibility. Reports in
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Pres
are especially numerous (see online database) and around 85 species of this family have been mentioned as associated plants with
A. ritzemabosi
.