Plant-feeding Nematodes Known to be Associated with:

Coconut – Cocos nucifera

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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Anguina sp.

Hoplolaimus sp.

Bursaphelenchus cocophilus

Longidorus sp.  

Cacopaurus sp.

Paratylenchus sp.

Criconemoides sp.

Pratylenchus sp.

Helicotylenchus sp.  

Scutellonema bradys

Hemicriconemoides cocophilus

Tylenchorhynchus sp.

Hemicriconemoides mangiferae

Xiphinema attorodorum

Hemicriconemoides strictathecatus

Xiphinema californicum

Hemicycliophora pauciannulata

Xiphinema sp.

Hirschmanniella sp.

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