| Pratylenchus alleni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Secernentea |
| Order: | Tylenchida |
| Family: | Pratylenchidae |
| Genus: | Pratylenchus |
| Species: | P. alleni
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| Binomial name | |
| Pratylenchus alleni Ferris, 1961
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Pratylenchus alleni is a migratory endoparasitic nematode, living inside of plant roots and feeding on parenchyma cells in the root cortex. P. alleni is an obligate biotroph, meaning it must have a living host in order to survive. Due to their incredibly broad host range, Pratylenchus species fall third in total economic impact, finishing just behind cyst nematodes (Heterodera & Globodera) and root knot nematodes (Meloidogyne).[1] In Canada, it was isolated for the first time in 2011 in a soybean field.[2]
- ^ Castillo, Pablo; Vovlas, Nicola (2007). Pratylenchus (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae): Diagnosis, Biology, Pathogenicity and Management. Boston: Brill. ISBN 978-9004155640.
- ^ Bélair, G.; Mimee, B.; Duceppe, M. O.; Miller, S. (2013). "First Report of the Root-Lesion Nematode, Pratylenchus alleni Associated with Damage on Soybean in Quebec, Canada". Plant Disease. 97 (2): 292. doi:10.1094/PDIS-03-12-0309-PDN. PMID 30722310.