1K.V.K. Regional Agricultural Research Station, A.A.U., North Lakhimpur-787 001.
2Department of Nematology, CCS H.A.U., Hisar 125 004, India.
Ditylenchus myceliophagus underwent three moults outside the egg to become adult. Sex differentiation could be made after the second moult with the position of germinal nucleus in the genital primordium. After third moult, sex could be easily differentiated by the germinal nucleus being located anteriorly in the genital primordium in female and posteriorly in male. D. myceliophagus took 28 days from hatching to become adult at 18±1°C.
Ditylenchus myceliophagus, Post embryogenesis, Reproductive structure
