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Nematode Diseases of Horticultural Crops

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About 132 species of nematodes belonging to 54 genera are reported to be associated with banana rhizosphere. In the same order, the burrowing nematode, Radopholus similis, followed by the lesion nematode (Pratylenchus coffeae), spiral nematodes (Helicotylenchus erythrinae, H. multicinctus, H. dihystera), root-knot nematode (M. incognita, M. javanica), and reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis), is economically important in most banana-growing areas.

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Ravichandra, N.G. (2014). Nematode Diseases of Horticultural Crops. In: Horticultural Nematology. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1841-8_8

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