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Cuticle formation and moulting in the egg of Meloidogyne javanica (Nematoda)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Alan F. Bird
Alan F. Bird
Affiliation:
C.S.I.R.O. Division of Horticultural Research, Box 350, G.P.O., Adelaide, South Australia 5001
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At a temperature of 27°C the external cuticular membrane of the first larval stage (L1) of Meloidogyne javanica is formed within a day of the start of elongation of the embryo within the egg. The first and only moult within the egg starts to occur 50 h after the commencement of elongation. Thus the cuticle of the L1 is shed approximately a day after its formation. It is much thinner than the cuticle of the L2, is not covered during its formation by a closely adherent cuticle in the process of being moulted and its outermost membrane may be formed differently.

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Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 74 , Issue 2 , April 1977 , pp. 149 - 152
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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