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Helicotylenchus dihystera

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Steiner's spiral nematode
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Secernentea
Order: Tylenchida
Family: Hoplolaimidae
Genus: Helicotylenchus
Species:
H. dihystera
Binomial name
Helicotylenchus dihystera
(Cobb, 1893) Sher, 1961
Synonyms

Tylenchus dihystera
Tylenchus olaae
Tylenchus spiralis
Aphelenchus dubius var. peruensis
Helicotylenchus nannus
Helicotylenchus crenatus
Helicotylenchus punicae

Helicotylenchus dihystera (Steiner's spiral nematode) is a plant pathogenic nematode. It is known to inhabit sugarcane, rice, potatoes, corn, peanut, millet, sorghum, banana and forest trees.[1]

See also

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  • Sodium azide – used for agricultural control of Helicotylenchus dihystera

Notes

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  1. ^ "Helicotylenchus dihystera". Archived from the original on 2006-09-14. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
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