Table 1.

Variables used for the identification of plant parasitic nematodes.

Nematode taxa	Variables used	References/keys
Helicotylenchus multicinctus	Adults tail and head shape hemispherical; presence of males; spermatheca functional and slightly offset; stylet length <24 μm; <5 lip annules; phasmids anterior to anus; lateral fields without striae; habitus = open C; V = 61–76; L = 400–673.	Boag and Jairajpuri, 1985; Uzma et al., 2015
Pratylenchus goodeyi	Presence of males; V = 73–75%; posterior uterine branch short, around one body width at vulva; tapering and almost pointed tail; four lip annules.	Handoo and Golden, 1989