Draft Genome Assembly of Root Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne fallax

Sarah Olivia Griffin; Valeria Orlando; Chris Conyers; Rebecca Lawson; Thomas Prior; Eleanor Jones; Edward Haynes; Evelyn L. Jensen

doi:10.2478/jofnem-2025-0016

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Draft Genome Assembly of Root Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne fallax

Journal of Nematology

Volume 57 (2025): Issue 1 (February 2025)

By: Sarah Olivia Griffin, Valeria Orlando, Chris Conyers, Rebecca Lawson, Thomas Prior, Eleanor Jones, Edward Haynes and Evelyn L. Jensen

Open Access

|Apr 2025

Abstract

Meloidogyne fallax (false Columbia root knot nematode) is an invasive crop pest recorded across Europe, Africa, North America, and Oceania. Here we present the draft genome assembly of M. fallax which was de novo assembled and scaffolded using M. chitwoodi (Columbia root knot nematode), a close relative of M. fallax.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jofnem-2025-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2640-396X | Journal ISSN: 0022-300X

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Language: English

Submitted on: Oct 28, 2024

Published on: Apr 16, 2025

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Keywords:

false Columbia root-knot nematode,

Draft Genome Assembly,

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© 2025 Sarah Olivia Griffin, Valeria Orlando, Chris Conyers, Rebecca Lawson, Thomas Prior, Eleanor Jones, Edward Haynes, Evelyn L. Jensen, published by Society of Nematologists, Inc.
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