A microscopic kidney-shaped roundworm (Rotylenchulus reniformis) that infests the roots of cotton, soybean, pineapple and many other crops across the tropics, subtropics and the southeastern United States, reducing root function and causing stunting and yield loss often with no distinctive above-ground symptoms. It has displaced root-knot nematode as the dominant nematode pest of cotton across much of the southeastern and mid-southern United States since the late twentieth century, and its ability to survive for extended periods without a host makes crop rotation alone an unreliable control.
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Quarantine StatusQuarantine Pest (ISPM 5) 2 Control Method Control Method Reniform Nematode
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Cotton, Crops The reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis) is a major yield-limiting root pathogen of cotton in the southern United States.
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1. Reniform Nematode (Wikipedia)
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Rotylenchulus reniformis, the reniform nematode, is a species of parasitic nematode of plants with a worldwide distribution in the tropical and subtropical regions.
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A microscopic kidney-shaped roundworm (Rotylenchulus reniformis) that infests the roots of cotton, soybean, pineapple and many other crops across the tropics, subtropics and the southeastern United States, reducing root function and causing stunting and yield loss often with no distinctive above-ground symptoms.
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In susceptible taxa, chemical control is one of the most common management practices.
Article text, control method
Intercropping and crop rotation, especially with resistant or non-host plants, is used as cultural control to improve soil, increase antagonistic microorganisms, and reduce nematode populations.
In Group: Semi-Endoparasitic Root Nematodes, Life cycle
R. reniformis is sedentary semi-endoparasite on the roots of plants.
View the Source 2. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO): EPPO Global Database: Rotylenchulus reniformis categorization
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