Aphelenchoides is a genus of mycetophagous nematodes. Some species are plant pathogenic foliar nematodes.
Taxonomy In 1961 Sanwal listed 33 species and provided a key.
The most important species of these are Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi, the chrysanthemum foliar nematode; Aphelenchoides fragariae, the spring crimp or spring dwarf nematode of strawberry, which also attacks many ornamentals; and Aphelenchoides besseyi, causing summer crimp or dwarf of strawberry and white tip of rice.
Several species of this genus feed ectoparasitically and endoparasitically on aboveground plant parts.
References
Bibliography
George Agrios (2005): Plant Pathology, Fifth Edition. Elsevier Academic Press
External links Nemaplex, University of California - Aphelenchoides EOL Aphelenchoides Fauna Europaea