Plant-feeding Nematodes Known to be Associated with:

Squash – Cucurbita spp.

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:

·1 all the listed nematodes may not occur in all geographic regions, or fields within a geographic region, where the crop is grown

·2 cultivars or rootstocks may have been developed or selected that have resistance or tolerance to specific nematodes

·3 there may be races of a particular nematode species that are either virulent or avirulent to a plant species

·4 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 aligarhiensis Nacobbus aberrans
Belonolaimus longicaudatus Paratrichodorus minor 
Belonolaimus gracilis Paratylenchus hamatus  
Mesocriconema xenoplax Paratylenchus projectus 
Criconemoides sp. Pratylenchus brachyurus
Helicotylenchus dihystera   Pratylenchus coffeae
Helicotylenchus multicinctus Pratylenchus penetrans
Helicotylenchus microlobus Pratylenchus vulnus
Helicotylenchus sp.  Pratylenchus neglectus
Hemicycliophora arenaria Radopholus similis 
Hemicycliophora sp.  Rotylenchulus reniformis
Heterodera glycines Scutellonema bradys
Heterodera trifolii Scutellonema sp.
Hirschmanniella sp. Trichodorus sp.
Hoplolaimus indicus Tylenchorhynchus capitatus
Hoplolaimus sp. Tylenchorhynchus clarus
Longidorus africanus Tylenchorhynchus sp.
Longidorus sp. Xiphinema americanum
Meloidogyne arenaria Xiphinema pachtaicum
Meloidogyne hapla 
Meloidogyne incognita
Meloidogyne javanica
Meloidogyne konaensis
Meloidogyne sp.
 

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