Plant-feeding Nematodes Known to be Associated with:

Cucumber – Cucumis sativum

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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Belonolaimus gracilis

Merlinius brevidens

Criconemoides sp.

Nacobbus aberrans

Ditylenchus dipsaci

Paralongidorus maximus

Ditylenchus sp.

Paratrichodorus minor  

Helicotylenchus dihystera  

Pratylenchus neglectus

Helicotylenchus microlobus

Pratylenchus penetrans

Heterodera sp.

Radopholus similis  

Heterodera trifolii

Rotylenchulus reniformis

Hirschmanniella sp.

Rotylenchus sp.

Hoplolaimus columbus

Trichodorus sp.

Longidorus africanus

Tylenchorhynchus clarus

Longidorus elongatus

Tylenchorhynchus sp.

Longidorus sp.  

Xiphinema diversicaudatum

Meloidogyne arenaria

Meloidogyne hapla

Meloidogyne incognita

Meloidogyne javanica

Meloidogyne konaensis

Meloidogyne sp.

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