Plant-feeding Nematodes Known to be Associated with:

Alfalfa – Medicago sativa

Note:  These lists are intended as general guidelines.  You need to do further research before using them for crop sequence or management decisions.

Please consider that:

  • all the listed nematodes may not occur in all geographic regions, or fields within a geographic region, where the crop is grown
  • cultivars or rootstocks may have been developed or selected that have resistance or tolerance to specific nematodes
  • there may be races of a particular nematode species that are either virulent or avirulent to a plant species
  • you need to determine which nematodes are present in the soil before using this list to make management decisions.

Click on species names for more information on biology, location, and specific management strategies.

Strategies for Nematode Management

 

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Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi

Meloidodera sp.

Criconemoides curvata

Meloidogyne hapla

Criconemoides rustica

Meloidogyne incognita

Criconemoides lobatum

Meloidogyne javanica

Criconema mutabile

Meloidogyne chitwoodi

Ditylenchus dipsaci

Meloidogyne artiellia

Ditylenchus destructor

Meloidogyne sp.

Ditylenchus angustus

 

Ditylenchus obesus

Merlinius brevidens

Ditylenchus sp.

Rotylenchulus parvus

Helicotylenchus dihystera

Rotylenchus goodeyi

Helicotylenchus digonicus

Scutellonema brachyurum

Helicotylenchus orthosomaticus

Trichodorus porosus

Helicotylenchus sp.

Trichodorus sp.

Hemicycliophora similis

Tylenchorhynchus claytoni

Heterodera schachtii

Tylenchorhynchus acutus

Heterodera glycines

Tylenchorhynchus capitatus

Heterodera goettingiana

Tylenchorhynchus clarus

Heterodera trifolii

Tylenchorhynchus latus

Heterodera ciceri

Tylenchorhynchus maximus

Heterodera medicaginis

Tylenchorhynchus sp.

Heterodera sp.

Tylenchus clavidorus

 

Tylenchus bryophilus

Hoplolaimus galeatus

 

Longidorus africanus

Xiphinema americanum

Longidorus elongatus

Xiphinema californicum

Longidorus sylphus

Xiphinema coxi

Longidorus sp.  

Xiphinema tarjanense

 

 

 

 

 

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