Abstract
At a temperature of 24°C, freshly hatched second stage larvae (L 2) of Rotylenchulus reniformis take 2 weeks to complete moulting and become either adult males or immature females. Measurements of different nematode stages were made using a computer-interfaced digitizer (CID). This proved to be more rapid and reproducible than conventional techniques. Moulting and development were followed in individual living specimens viewed under Nomarski optics and oil immersion. The mean loss in body volume of these specimens from L 2 to immature female is about 17% compared with about 19% for the mean loss in body volume from L 2 to male. The mean volumes for a total of 70 randomly selected living specimens measured are 95·6 pi for L 2s, 72·9 pl for immature females and 74·2 pl for males. Mean losses in body volume during moulting calculated from these randomly selected stages were slightly higher than those observed for individuals, being about 24% for the immature female and about 22% for the male.
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