Plant-feeding Nematodes Known to be Associated with:

Banana – Musa acuminata

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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Criconemoides sphaerocephala

Criconemoides goodeyi

Criconemoides sp.

Discocricomemoides limitanea

Gracilacus peperpotti

Helicotylenchus dihystera

Helicotylenchus multicinctus

Helicotylenchus pseudorobustus

Helicotylenchus erythrinae

Helicotylenchus crenacauda

Helicotylenchus varicaudatus

Helicotylenchus sp.  

Hemicriconemoides cocophilus

Heterodera oryzae

Heterodera sp.

Hoplolaimus pararobustus

Hoplolaimus sp.

Longidorus laevicapitatus

Longidorus sp.  

Meloidogyne arenaria

Meloidogyne hapla

Meloidogyne incognita

Meloidogyne javanica

Meloidogyne sp.

Paratrichodorus sp.

Paratylenchus sp.

Pratylenchus goodeyi

Pratylenchus coffeae

Pratylenchus vulnus

Pratylenchus sp.

Radopholus similis  

Rotylenchulus reniformis

Scutellonema clathricaudatum

Scutellonema cavenessi

Trichodorus coomansi

Trophotylenchulus sp.

Tylenchorhynchus sp.

Xiphinema douceti

Xiphinema ifacolum

Xiphinema vulgare

Xiphinema itanhaense

Xiphinema longicaudatum

Xiphinema sp.

Zygotylenchus taomasinae

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