ASTA Pest Database for Seeds (PeDS)

Scientific name

Heterodera zeae

Common Name

corn cyst nematode

Other Names

Distribution

Africa: Egypt; Asia: Afghanistan, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand; Europe: Greece, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain; North America: USA.

US Distribution

MD, VA, PA

Data Reviewed

2024-09-14

Type

nematode

Countries Listing Pest

Korea

Host Range

Main: corn; Other: oats, barley, rice, millets, sorghum, wheat.

Acronym

HETDZE

Comments

Cyst nematodes are root pathogens, Cyst nematode primarily move through flooding water and drainage. Movement of infected material and soil also important. Seed is not known to be a pathway.

7 Known Hosts

Scientific name

Avena sativa

Crop

oat

Seed a Pathway

Reference

CABICPC, HETDZE-3

Comments:

Seed is not known to be a pathway.

Seed test

Detection type

Seed Detection Comments

Reccomended Health Test

Test Reference

Risk Type

Risk Comments

Risk Reference

Data Reviewed

Reference Index

CABICPC

HETDZE-3

Nemaplex.UCDavis.edu; Revision Date: 10/16/2023; Accessed 09/14/2024

Scientific name

Hordeum vulgare

Crop

barley

Seed a Pathway

Reference

CABICPC, HETDZE-3

Comments:

Seed is not known to be a pathway.

Seed test

Detection type

Seed Detection Comments

Reccomended Health Test

Test Reference

Risk Type

Risk Comments

Risk Reference

Data Reviewed

Reference Index

CABICPC

HETDZE-3

Nemaplex.UCDavis.edu; Revision Date: 10/16/2023; Accessed 09/14/2024

Scientific name

Oryza sativa

Crop

rice

Seed a Pathway

Reference

HETDZE-2, CABICPC, HETDZE-3

Comments:

Seed is not known to be a pathway.

Seed test

Detection type

Seed Detection Comments

Reccomended Health Test

Test Reference

Risk Type

Risk Comments

Risk Reference

Data Reviewed

Reference Index

HETDZE-2

Shurtleff, MC. 1980. A Compendium of Corn Diseases. APS Press, St. Paul, MN USA pp105.

CABICPC

HETDZE-3

Nemaplex.UCDavis.edu; Revision Date: 10/16/2023; Accessed 09/14/2024

Scientific name

Poaceae family

Crop

grasses

Seed a Pathway

Reference

CABICPC, HETDZE-3

Comments:

Seed is not known to be a pathway.

Seed test

Detection type

Seed Detection Comments

Reccomended Health Test

Test Reference

Risk Type

Risk Comments

Risk Reference

Data Reviewed

Reference Index

CABICPC

HETDZE-3

Nemaplex.UCDavis.edu; Revision Date: 10/16/2023; Accessed 09/14/2024

Scientific name

Sorghum bicolor

Crop

sorghum

Seed a Pathway

Reference

HETDZE-2, CABICPC, HETDZE-3

Comments:

Seed is not known to be a pathway.

Seed test

Detection type

Seed Detection Comments

Reccomended Health Test

Test Reference

Risk Type

Risk Comments

Risk Reference

Data Reviewed

Reference Index

HETDZE-2

Shurtleff, MC. 1980. A Compendium of Corn Diseases. APS Press, St. Paul, MN USA pp105.

CABICPC

HETDZE-3

Nemaplex.UCDavis.edu; Revision Date: 10/16/2023; Accessed 09/14/2024

Scientific name

Triticum aesativum

Crop

wheat

Seed a Pathway

Reference

HETDZE-1

Comments:

Seed is not known to be a pathway.

Seed test

Detection type

Seed Detection Comments

Reccomended Health Test

Test Reference

Risk Type

Risk Comments

Risk Reference

Data Reviewed

Reference Index

HETDZE-1

Heterodora zeae In: Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.

Scientific name

Zea mays

Crop

corn

Seed a Pathway

Reference

HETDZE-2, CABICPC, HETDZE-3

Comments:

Seed is not known to be a pathway.

Seed test

Detection type

Seed Detection Comments

Reccomended Health Test

Test Reference

Risk Type

Risk Comments

Risk Reference

Data Reviewed

Reference Index

HETDZE-2

Shurtleff, MC. 1980. A Compendium of Corn Diseases. APS Press, St. Paul, MN USA pp105.

CABICPC

HETDZE-3

Nemaplex.UCDavis.edu; Revision Date: 10/16/2023; Accessed 09/14/2024

Avena sativa (oat)

Hordeum vulgare (barley)

Oryza sativa (rice)

Poaceae family (grasses)

Sorghum bicolor (sorghum)

Triticum aesativum (wheat)

Zea mays (corn)