Plant-feeding Nematodes Known to be Associated with:

Celery – Apium graveolens

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

Merlinius brevidens

Belonolaimus gracilis

Paratrichodorus minor  

Belonolaimus longicaudatus

Paralongidorus maximus

Ditylenchus destructor

Paratylenchus projectus

Ditylenchus dipsaci

Paratylenchus hamatus  

Dolichodorus heterocephalus

Paratylenchus dianthus

Helicotylenchus dihystera 

Pratylenchus pratensis

Hemicycliophora arenaria

Pratylenchus penetrans

Hemicycliophora parvana

Pratylenchus neglectus

Heterodera schachtii 

Trichodorus primitivus

Heterodera sp.

Trichodorus sp.

Longidorus apulus

Meloidogyne arenaria

Tylenchorhynchus sp.

Meloidogyne hapla

Xiphinema diversicaudatum

Meloidogyne incognita

Meloidogyne javanica

Meloidogyne sp.

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