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PLANTS of Sorghum vulgare, variety Radar (a variety of sorghum developed in South Africa), were collected on a farm in the Vryburg District, Cape Province. The land had for a number of years previously been planted only to maize and sorghum. The roots of the plants collected were found to be galled, the galling being caused by a root-knot nematode the morphology and pathological behaviour of which reveal it to be a new species. The name Meloidogyne acronea is proposed for this species.
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Chitwood, B. G., Proc. Helminth. Soc. Wash., 16, (2), 90 (1949).
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COETZEE, V. Meloidogyne acronea, a New Species of Root-Knot Nematode. Nature 177, 899–900 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177899a0
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