| Literature DB >> 29353927 |
Adela Abelleira1, Alicia Prado1, Andrea Abelleira-Sanmartín1, Pedro Mansilla1.
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.Entities:
Keywords: Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; detection; endotokia matricida; laboratory conditions; matricidal hatching; morphology; nematode reproduction; physiology; pinewood nematode
Year: 2017 PMID: 29353927 PMCID: PMC5770286
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Nematol ISSN: 0022-300X Impact factor: 1.402