Root Knot and Root Lesion Nematode of Potato
Meloidogyne spp. / Pratylenchus spp.
mediumPotatonematode
Root-feeding nematodes causing galls or lesions, tuber blemishes, and stunted growth.
Symptoms
Root galls or dark lesions, external tuber blemishes, and stunted plant growth.
Favorable conditions
- •Infested soil
- •Continuous potato cropping without rotation
Management
- 1Apply nematicides where populations are damaging
- 2Plant resistant varieties
- 3Rotate with non-host crops
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