Anguina amsinckiae explained

Anguina amsinckiae (Fiddleneck flower gall nematode) is a plant pathogenic nematode, which attacks the weed called fiddleneck.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nadler, Steven A.. Entomology 156, Biology of Parasitism: Laboratory 1: Plant Parasitic Nematodes: Class Secernentea: Order Tylenchida: Anguina amsinckiae. University of California at Davis. https://web.archive.org/web/20080113003536/http://ucdnema.ucdavis.edu/imagemap/nemmap/ent156html/slides/E156Lab1c. 13 January 2008. dead.
  2. Nagamine, C. . Maggenti, A. R.. 1980. "Blinding" of shoots and a leaf gall in Amsinckia intermedia induced by Anguina amsinckia (Steiner and Scott, 1934) (Nemata, Tylenchidae), with a note on the absence of a rachis in A. amsinckia. Journal of Nematology. 12. 2. 129–132. 2618010. 19300683.