Inflorescence and Leaf Galls on Palisota barteri Caused by Meloidogyne javanica
Lehman, P.S.; Macgowan, J.B.
Journal of Nematology 18(4): 583-586
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-300X PMID: 19294231 Document Number: 275717
In the USA, M. javanica completed its life-cycle and produced eggs in the inflorescence of P. barteri, the development and flowering of which occurs over several weeks. Numerous galls of all shapes and sizes were observed on both the upper and lower leaf surfaces and petioles but not on the roots. The largest conical gall was 7.7 mm in diameter at the base and 5 mm high. Circular depressions usually appeared on the sides of leaves opposite such galls. The population of M. javanica from P. barteri also reproduced and caused galls on roots of Ardisia crenata, Brassaia actinophylla and Maranta leuconeura.