Dehydrogenases, Acid and Alkaline Phosphatases, and Esterases for Chemotaxonomy of Selected Meloidogyne, Ditylenchus, Heterodera and Aphelenchus spp.

Authors

  • D. W. Dickson
  • D. Huisingh
  • J. N. Sasser

Abstract

Various taxonomically useful profiles of four dehydrogenases (lactate, malate, glucose-6-phosphate, and a-glycerophosphate) and three hydrolases (acid and alkaline phosphatase and esterase) were detected in whole nematode homogenates of Meloidogyne ]avanica, M. hapla, M. incognita, M. arenaria, Ditylenchus dipsaci, D. triformis, Heterodera glycines, and Aphelenchus avenae. The enzyme profiles were stable in populations cultured on several different hosts. A tentative enzymically-determined phylogeny of Meloidogyne is given. Key Words: Enzymes, Disc-eleclrophoresis, Chemotaxonomy, Phylogeny, Meloidogyne, Ditylenchus, Heterodera, Aphelenchus.

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1971-01-15

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