Rev 07/02/2024
Meloidodera coffeicola (Lordello & Zamith, 1960) Kir'yanova, 1963
Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Second-stage juvenile
Brazil, East Africa, Hawaii.
Death of 15,000 coffee trees in one plantation in Parana State, Brazil. 5% yield loss in Hawaii plantations.
Sedentary endoparasite.
Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.
Coffee
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Leaves become chlorotic; trees become defoliated.
Dispersed through root material, soil debris and bare root propagative material.
Produce coffee seedlings in nurseries where soil has been disinfested.
One year fallow period recommended before replanting an infested coffee plantation in Brazil.
Resistance
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
Carneiro, R.M.G.D., Carneiro, R.G., Abrantes, I.M.O., Santos, M.S.N.A., Alemeida, M.R.A. 1996. Meloidogyne paranaensis n. sp. (Nemata: Meloidogynidae), a root-knot nematode parasitizing coffee in Brazil. J. Nematology 28:177-189.
Lordello, L.G.E. 1986 Plant-parasitic nematodes that attack coffee. Pp 33-41 in Anon. Plant-parasitic nematodes of bananas, citrus, coffee, grapes and tobacco. Union Carbide Corp.
Humphreys-Pereira, D.A., Flores-Chavez, L., Gomez, M., Salazar, L. Gomez-Alpizar, L.E., Elling, A.A. 2014. Meloidogyne lopezi n.sp. (Nematode: Meloidogynidae, a new root-knot nematode�.. Nematology 16:643-661.