Meloidogyne coffeicola		Contents		Rev 10/14/2008
Root-knot Nematode		Classification		Hosts
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
Return to Meloidogyne Menu		Economic Importance		Damage
		Distribution		Management
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Classification:

      Tylenchida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
         Heteroderidae
          Meloidogyninae
           Meloidogyne coffeicola ((Lordello & Zamith, 1960)

 

Synonyms:

Meloidodera coffeicola (Lordello & Zamith, 1960) Kir'yanova, 1963

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

Brazil, East Africa, Hawaii.

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Economic Importance:

Death of 15,000 coffee trees in one plantation in Parana State, Brazil.  5% yield loss in Hawaii plantations.

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Feeding:

Sedentary endoparasite.

Feeding site establishment and development typical of genus.

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Hosts:

Coffee

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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

Coffee roots showing symptoms and damage by M. coffeicola. Roots are not typically galled but thickened and cracked.  Cortical tissues become detached resulting in "rough root" symptoms.

Leaves become chlorotic; trees become defoliated.

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Management:

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.

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References:

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.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: October 14, 2008.