Flag

 Fullscreen 
Charles Averre, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org
Creative Commons License   licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License.
Request permission via light box Save to collection

Image Number: 1563455

root-knot nematode (Genus Meloidogyne)

Photographer:
Charles Averre
Organization:
North Carolina State University
Descriptor:
Damage
Description:
females in processed sweetpotato Sweetpotato roots after removal of epidermis at cannery showing lesions caused by the root-knot nematode.  Gravid females an be seen in the spots.  ('Centennial' 1968?)
Image type:
Laboratory
Host:
sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.)

You must attribute the work in the manner specified (but not in any way that suggests endorsement). You may not use this work for commercial purposes unless permission is granted by the photographer or copyright owner.

Image location:

Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromodorea
Order: Tylenchida
Family: Heteroderidae
Genus: Meloidogyne
Subject: Meloidogyne spp.

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Subject: Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Image last updated:
Thursday, May 13, 2010