EPPO Global Database

Heterodera elachista(HETDEL)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Oryza sativa (ORYSA) Major host
* Nobbs JM, Ibrahim SK, Rowe J (1992) A morphological and biochemical comparison of the four cyst nematode species, Heterodera elachista, H. oryzicola, H. oryzae and H. sacchari (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) known to attack rice (Oryza sativa). Fundamental and applied Nematology 15(6), 551-562.

* Oshima Y (1974) Heterodera elachista n. sp., an upland rice cyst nematode from Japan. Japanese Journal of Nematology 4, 51-56.
Echinochloa crus-galli (ECHCG) Wild/Weed
* Xiao DX, Feng YX, Zhou Y, Xuan YH, Chen LJ, Wang YY, Liu XY, Duan YX, Zhu XF (2019) First report of Heterodera elachista on Zea mays and Echinochloa crusgalli var. mitis in Liaoning Province, China. Plant Disease 103(6), 1433-1434.
------- On roots of Echinochloa crusgalli var. mitis in Liaoning Province, China.
Zea mays (ZEAMX) Host
* De Luca F, Vovlas N, Lucarelli G, Troccoli A, Radicci V, Fanelli E, Cantalapiedra-Navarrete C, Palomares Rius JE, Castillo P (2013) Heterodera elachista the Japanese cyst nematode parasitizing corn in Northern Italy: integrative diagnosis and bionomics. European Journal of Plant Pathology 136(4), 857-872.
-------Found in maize crop in 2012 in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

* Xiao DX, Feng YX, Zhou Y, Xuan YH, Chen LJ, Wang YY, Liu XY, Duan YX, Zhu XF (2019) First report of Heterodera elachista on Zea mays and Echinochloa crusgalli var. mitis in Liaoning Province, China. Plant Disease 103(6), 1433-1434.
------- On roots of maize (Liaoning province, China). No above ground symptoms were observed.