| Aphelenchoides | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Secernentea |
| Order: | Tylenchida |
| Family: | Aphelenchoididae |
| Subfamily: | Aphelenchoidinae |
| Genus: | Aphelenchoides Fischer, 1894 |
| Species | |
as of 2015 138 species,[1] including: | |
Aphelenchoides is a genus of mycetophagous nematodes. Some species are plant pathogenicfoliar nematodes.
In 1961 Sanwal listed 33 species and provided a key.[3]
The most important species of these areAphelenchoides ritzemabosi, the chrysanthemum foliar nematode;Aphelenchoides fragariae, the spring crimp or spring dwarf nematode of strawberry, which also attacks many ornamentals; andAphelenchoides besseyi, causing summer crimp or dwarf of strawberry and white tip of rice.
Several species of this genus feed ectoparasitically and endoparasitically on aboveground plant parts.
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