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- Title
The cold tolerance of the northern root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne hapla.
- Authors
Wu, Xiaojing; Zhu, Xiaofeng; Wang, Yuanyuan; Liu, Xiaoyu; Chen, Lijie; Duan, Yuxi
- Abstract
The northern root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne hapla, is one of the most important nematode pathogens occurring in cold regions. It is a sedentary, biotrophic parasites of plants and overwinter in the soil or in diseased roots. This study showed that the cold tolerance for the second-stage juveniles (J2) of M. hapla was moderate with the 50% survival temperature (S50) of -2.22°C and the fatal temperature was -6°C when cooling at 0.5°C min-1. Cryoprotective dehydration significantly enhance cold tolerance of M. hapla J2 with the lowest S50 of -3.28°C after held being at -1°C for 6 h. Moreover, cold shock and cold acclimation had significant effects on the freezing survival of M. hapla J2. The lethal temperature of eggs was -18°C. Therefore, the cold tolerance of M. hapla is sufficiently favorable to withstand winters in cold temperature environments.
- Subjects
NORTHERN root-knot nematode; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of cold temperatures; PLANT parasites; THERMAL tolerance (Physiology); NEMATODE phylogeny
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2018, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0190531