The total reproductive capacity and longevity of individual female Xiphinema diversicaudatum (Nematoda: Dorylaimida)

Abstract

Little information is available on the longevity of longidorid nematodes and the reproductive capacity of individual females due to the relatively long life spans of the nematodes and difficulties encountered in culturing nematodes (Griffin and Darling, 1964; Flegg, 1968; Cohn and Mordechai, 1970; Cohn, 1975). A laboratory method, based on techniques used at the SCRI to examine the transmission of plant viruses by nematodes (Trudgill and Brown, 1978) was used to examine the longevity and total reproductive capacity of individual female Xiphinema diversicaudatum.