Brooks, F.E. 2008. Burrowing Nematode. The Plant Health Instructor. DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2008-1020-01

DISEASE:  Burrowing nematode disease; toppling disease, blackhead disease (banana); spreading decline (citrus); yellows, slow wilt (black pepper)

PATHOGEN:  Radopholus similis

HOSTS: Over 350 plant hosts in tropical and subtropical regions including banana, citrus, black pepper, aroids (anthurium, philodendron, taro), ginger, tea, coconut and other tropical palms

Author
Fred E. Brooks
University of Hawaii at Manoa

A burrowing nematode (Radopholus similis) feeds in the cortex of a ginger root. (Image by M. McClure, Univ. of Arizona, Bugwood.org)