Light micrographs of the anterior end of second-stage
juveniles
of the four most common species of root-knot
nematodes:
M. incognita, M. javanica, M. arenaria, and
M. hapla
Common Name:
Root
Knot Nematode - clade IVb
Disease:
Plant-parasitic
nematodes reduce annual U.S. agricultural production
by more than $5 billion. The most important group
are the root-knot nematodes (RKN: Meloidogyne spp.),
which are devastating pathogens of food and fiber
crops.
