Rev 07/02/2024
a coffee Root-knot Nematode
Review general characteristics of the genus Meloidogyne.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
Second-stage juvenile
Described from the Turrialba and San Isidro Valleys of Costs Rica. Distribution apparently limited (Subbotin et al., 2021).
Important pest on coffee in Costa Rica.
Sedentary endoparasite.
Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.
Ecophysiological Parameters:
Besides causing direct damage to coffee, M. arabicida is involved in a disease complex with Fusarium oxysporum which is known as corchosis or corky root and is expressed as a corky texture and cracking sympoms on main and secondary roots (Humphreys-Pereira et al., 2014).
Host Plant Resistance, Non-hosts and Crop Rotation alternatives:
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.