Plant-feeding Nematodes Known to be Associated with:

Avocado – Persea americana

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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Criconema sp.

Xiphinema americanum

Criconema mutabile

Xiphinema brasiliense

Criconemoides sp.

Xiphinema brevicolle

Ditylenchus sp.

Xiphinema californicum

Helicotylenchus dihystera  

Xiphinema diversicaudatum

Helicotylenchus erythrinae

Xiphinema elongatum

Longidorus africanus

Xiphinema insigne

Longidorus laevicapitatus

Xiphinema turcicum

Meloidogyne sp.

Xiphinema vuittenezi

Merlinius brevidens

Paratrichodorus minor

Paratylenchus hamatus  

Pratylenchus neglectus

Pratylenchus penetrans

Pratylenchus thornei

Pratylenchus vulnus

Radopholus similis  

Rotylenchulus reniformis

Rotylenchus breviglans

Scutellonema brachyurum

Trichodorus porosus

Tylenchorhynchus clarus

Tylenchorhynchus claytoni

Tylenchorhynchus sp.

Tylenchulus semipenetrans

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