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<p>Rice is one of the most important staple grains in Korea and the largest starch source in addition to its usefulness in the production of beverages. Under different areas and environments of production, various pests and diseases including soil-borne plant pathogens such as plant-parasitic nematodes can compromise rice productivity. In a survey to identify plant parasitic nematodes on rice, cyst nematodes were encountered in rice fields that required characterization and identification. Phylogenetic analysis of the LSU D2-D3 region and ITS region could not separate the studied species from <italic>Heterodera elachista</italic>. However, phylogenetic analysis of the <italic>COI</italic> gene of the mitochondrial DNA clearly separated <italic>H. elachista</italic> from the new species into two different clusters. Combining morphology and molecular diagnostics, the species was identified as <italic>Heterodera oryzae</italic> belonging to the ‘Cyperi’ group whose cysts are characterized by vulval cones that are ambifenestrate, underbridge present with bullae. Second-stage juveniles have three incisors in the lateral field with long tails and long hyaline region.</p>
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Rice is one of the most important staple grains in Korea and the largest starch source in addition to its usefulness in the production of beverages. Under different areas and environments of production, various pests and diseases including soil-borne plant pathogens such as plant-parasitic nematodes can compromise rice productivity. In a survey to identify plant parasitic nematodes on rice, cyst nematodes were encountered in rice fields that required characterization and identification. Phylogenetic analysis of the LSU D2-D3 region and ITS region could not separate the studied species from Heterodera elachista. However, phylogenetic analysis of the COI gene of the mitochondrial DNA clearly separated H. elachista from the new species into two different clusters. Combining morphology and molecular diagnostics, the species was identified as Heterodera oryzae belonging to the ‘Cyperi’ group whose cysts are characterized by vulval cones that are ambifenestrate, underbridge present with bullae. Second-stage juveniles have three incisors in the lateral field with long tails and long hyaline region.

Morphological and molecular characterizations of <italic>Heterodera oryzae</italic> in Korea

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Rice is one of the most important staple grains in Korea and the largest starch source in addition to its usefulness in the production of beverages. Under...

Morphological and molecular characterizations of Heterodera oryzae in Korea

Online veröffentlicht: 06. Nov. 2020

Seitenbereich: 1 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2020-113

Schlüsselwörter
Internal transcribed spacer, LSU rRNA, Morphology

© 2020 Rose Mwesige et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Morphological and molecular characterizations of Heterodera oryzae in Korea

Online veröffentlicht: 06. Nov. 2020

Seitenbereich: 1 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2020-113

SchlüsselwörterInternal transcribed spacer, LSU rRNA, Morphology

© 2020 Rose Mwesige et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
Internal transcribed spacer, LSU rRNA, Morphology