Meloidogyne Göldi, 1877
(root-knot eelworms)

Interactions where Meloidogyne is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		causes gall of root			MAGNOLIOPSIDA	flowering plants		Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/	Magnoliopsida	flowering plants			root		Minor
		causes gall of root			Daucus carota ssp sativus	Garden Carrot	Apiales: Apiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota subsp. sativus/	Daucus carota subsp. sativus	garden carrot			root		Minor
		causes gall of root			Pastinaca sativa ssp sativa var hortensis	Parsnip	Apiales: Apiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pastinaca sativa subsp. sativa var. hortensis/	Pastinaca sativa subsp. sativa var. hortensis	parsnip			root		Minor
		causes gall of root			Dendranthema	florist’s chrysanthemums, "mums"	Asterales: Asteraceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Dendranthema/	Dendranthema	florist's chrysanthemums, "mums"			root		Major
		causes gall of root			Lactuca sativa	Garden Lettuce	Asterales: Asteraceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca sativa/	Lactuca sativa	garden lettuce			root		Major
		causes gall of root			Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var vulgaris	Beetroot, Red Beet	Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var. vulgaris/	Beta vulgaris ssp vulgaris var. vulgaris	beetroot, red beet			root		Minor
		causes gall of root			CACTACEAE	cacti	Caryophyllales	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/	Cactaceae	cacti			root		Major
		causes gall of root			Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids	Carnation	Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids/	Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids	carnation			root		Major
		causes gall of root			Plumbago	plumbagos, leadworts	Caryophyllales: Plumbaginaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Plumbaginaceae/Plumbago/	Plumbago	plumbagos, leadworts			root		Major
		causes gall of root			Begonia	begonias	Cucurbitales: Begoniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Begoniaceae/Begonia/	Begonia	begonias			root		Major
		causes gall of root			Cucumis sativus	Cucumber, Gherkin	Cucurbitales: Cucurbitaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/Cucumis sativus/	Cucumis sativus	cucumber, gherkin			root		Major
		causes gall of root			Cyclamen	cyclamens	Ericales: Primulaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Cyclamen/	Cyclamen	cyclamens			root		Major
		causes gall of root			Phaseolus vulgaris	French Bean	Fabales: Fabaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Phaseolus vulgaris/	Phaseolus vulgaris	french bean			root		Major
		causes gall of root			Incarvillea delavayi	Gloxinia	Lamiales: Bignoniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Bignoniaceae/Incarvillea delavayi/	Incarvillea delavayi	gloxinia			root		Major
		causes gall of root			Solenostemon scutellarioides	Coleus	Lamiales: Lamiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Solenostemon scutellarioides/	Solenostemon scutellarioides	coleus			root		Major
		causes gall of root			Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	Solanales: Solanaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Lycopersicon esculentum/	Lycopersicon esculentum	tomato			root		Major
		causes gall of root			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Nematode damage to turf, Anon., 2008	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/	Meloidogyne	root-knot eelworms					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch			root

Meloidogyne (root-knot eelworms) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

NEMATODA
(roundworms, eelworms or nematodes)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Anon., 2008	Nematode damage to turf	Plant Clinic News Apr 08: 2.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Meloidogyne incognita Potato Root-knot Nematode				Species		6 trophisms	1 references
Meloidogyne minor an eelworm				Species		2 trophisms	1 references

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Meloidogyne (root-knot eelworms)
Family	MELOIDOGYNIDAE (a family of eelworms)
Order	TYLENCHIDA (an order of roundworms)
Class	SECERNENTEA (CLASS) (a class of roundworms)
Phylum	NEMATODA (roundworms, eelworms or nematodes)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Meloidogyne (root-knot eelworms)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.	2008	Nematode damage to turf	Plant Clinic News Apr 08: 2.

Meloidogyne (root-knot eelworms) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NEMATODA
(roundworms, eelworms or nematodes)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Meloidogyne (root-knot eelworms):

NEMATODA
(roundworms, eelworms or nematodes)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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