Journal of Nematology (2017) 49, 390-395

Adela Abelleira, Alicia Prado, Andrea Abelleira-Sanmartín and Pedro Mansilla (2017)
First report of matricidal hatching in Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Journal of Nematology 49 (4), 390-395
Abstract: The reproductive strategy of the pinewood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, is sexual amphimictic and oviparous. The incidence of intrauterine egg development and hatching in plant-parasitic nematodes is not a very common phenomenon. During the process of maintaining and breeding a B. xylophilus population isolated in Spain under laboratory conditions, evidence of matricidal hatching was observed. This is the first described case of this phenomenon in this species.
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Database assignments for author(s): Adela Abelleira

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bursaphelenchus xylophilus		Spain (continental)