Pathogenicity of Five Isolates of Root-Knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne Spp.) to Sugarcane Roots

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to determine the nature of the pathogenic effects of five isolates of root-knot nematodes on the roots of the promising commercial sugarcane variety, Puerto Rico 980, the suitability of this sugarcane as a host for the five nematodes, and the possibility of the existence of strains in the species M. incognita acrita