Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi ( Schwartz, 1911 ) Steiner & Buhrer, 1932a

Sánchez-Monge, Alcides, Flores, Lorena, Salazar, Luis, Hockland, Sue & Bert, Wim, 2015, An updated list of the plants associated with plant-parasitic Aphelenchoides (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) and its implications for plant-parasitism within this genus, Zootaxa 4013 (2), pp. 207-224 : 212

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 .

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FIGURE 1. Number of species / varieties of plants associated with foliar nematodes in ferns (Pteridophyta), monocots (Liliopsida), dicots (Magnoliopsida) and other botanical groups