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Helicotylenchus dihystera

Nematode Pests of Crops

Helicotylenchus dihystera, commonly called Steiner's spiral nematode, is a plant-parasitic roundworm in the family Hoplolaimidae, order Tylenchida. It is known to inhabit the root zones of sugarcane, rice, potatoes, corn, peanut, millet, sorghum, banana and forest trees, making it an economically significant pest across a wide range of agricultural and forestry crops. The species carries a long taxonomic history under several earlier Tylenchus and Aphelenchus names, and its populations in cropping systems are managed with soil treatments such as sodium azide. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Nematode, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the agent-kind enum value this pest or disease already carries, resolved to an agriculture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The agent-kind fact itself stays on the pest or disease unchanged.

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1. Helicotylenchus dihystera (Wikipedia)
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Helicotylenchus dihystera, commonly called Steiner's spiral nematode, is a plant-parasitic roundworm in the family Hoplolaimidae, order Tylenchida.
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