Morphological and Molecular Analysis of Two Mycophagous Nematodes, Aphelenchoides bicaudatus and A. rutgersi (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from Florida Strawberry
Author:
Oliveira Clemen J.1, Subbotin Sergei A.23, Desager Johan A.1, Dahlin Paul4, Vau Silvia5, Inserra Renato N.5
Affiliation:
1. Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center , University of Florida , Wimauma , FL , , USA 2. Plant Pest Diagnostic Centre , California Department of Food and Agriculture , Sacramento CA , , USA 3. Centre of Parasitology of A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Leninskii Prospect 33 , Moscow , , Russia 4. Agroscope, Research Division, Plant Protection, Phytopathology and Zoology in Fruit and Vegetable Production , Wädenswil , Switzerland 5. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services , DPI, Nematology Section , P.O. Box 147100 , Gainesville FL , USA
Abstract
Abstract
From 2016 to 2021, nematode surveys in Florida strawberry fields revealed several species of foliar nematodes (Aphelenchoides spp.). Aphelenchoides besseyi sensu stricto was detected only in 2016 and 2017 on photosynthetic strawberry leaves/buds, but other not well characterized populations of Aphelenchoides sp. were found on declining/dessicated leaves. Morphological analyses showed that these samples of Aphelenchoides sp. consisted of A. bicaudatus, a species detected in Florida for the first time, and A. rutgersi, a species previously reported in Florida from the citrus rhizosphere. These two species differed from A. besseyi in the shape of their tail terminus: bifurcate in A. bicaudatus; mucronate with a ventral thin mucro in A. rutgersi; and stellate in A. besseyi. One population each of these species was used for morphological and molecular analyses after being reared on Monilinia fructicola. Body and tail length differences were observed among Florida A. bicaudatus and other populations from the Far East and South Africa. Phylogenetic analyses of the rRNA gene sequences showed that Florida A. bicaudatus grouped with those of species from South Korea, Taiwan, and the Netherlands and several other populations listed as Aphelenchoides sp. from Brazil, Costa Rica, and Japan, which were considered as representatives of A. bicaudatus in this study. Similarly, sequences of Florida A. rutgersi grouped with those from environmental samples in Japan and North Carolina, which were listed as Aphelenchoides sp. and were considered as representatives of A. rutgersi in this study. Photosynthetic strawberry leaf samples were free from both A. bicaudatus and A. rutgersi, indicating that these two species did not damage strawberry. They were associated with desiccated leaves and/or propagative stolons, usually infected by fungi, confirming that they are mycetophagous under field conditions in this study. Results of soybean leaf inoculation on moist filter paper containing A. bicaudatus specimens showed that this species could become phytophagous under artificial conditions. Nematodes penetrated the leaf epidermis and migrated into the mesophyll causing leaf tissue discoloration/necrosis, which remained localized within the infested area. Soybean leaf damage was almost negligible, and no nematode reproduction was observed in the inoculated soybean areas.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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