Radopholus similis

TaxID: 46012

Basic Information

Radopholus similis

Burrowing Nematode, banana-root nematode

Radopholus similis is a species of nematode known commonly as the burrowing nematode. It is a parasite of plants, and it is a pest of many agricultural crops. It is an especially important pest of bananas, and it can be found on coconut, avocado, coffee, sugarcane, other grasses, and ornamentals. It is a migratory endoparasite of roots, causing lesions that form cankers. Infected plants experience malnutrition.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Nematoda

Chromadorea

Rhabditida

Pratylenchidae

Radopholus

similis

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Photos (3 photos)

Radopholus similis
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(c) Ben Jobson@BY
Radopholus similis
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(c) João Vitor Oliveira de Souza@BY
Radopholus similis
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(c) João Vitor Oliveira de Souza@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (41 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (46 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Antigua and Barbuda Quarantine pests —
Angola Quarantine pests —
Argentina Absent 2019
Burundi Quarantine pests —
Burkina Faso Present —
Bangladesh Quarantine pests —
Bahrain Quarantine pests 2003
Cambodia Quarantine pests —
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
China Quarantine pests 2021
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Distribution (112 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

97
Present
15
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Absent —
American Samoa Present —
Australia Present
Austria Absent —
Burundi Present —
Belgium Present —
Benin Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_004764675.1 Scaffold 65 9 13 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR15915333 gland - - 153505 USA
SRR16215658 - - - 24310951 not collected
SRR16215657 - - - 28825272 USA:Hawaii

DNA Barcodes (14 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
GBMTG1661-16 - ND6 414 - - -
GBMTG1661-16 - ND5-0 1533 - - -
GBMTG1661-16 - ND4L 240 - - -
GBMTG1661-16 - ND4 1215 - - -
GBMTG1661-16 - ND3 330 - - -
GBMTG1661-16 - ND2 822 - - -
GBMTG1661-16 - ND1 858 - - -
GBMTG1661-16 - CYTB 1551 - - -
GBMTG1661-16 - COXIII 771 - - -
GBMTG1661-16 - COII 675 - - -
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Literature