Category Archives: Nematodes

Nematodes are microscopic, eel-like roundworms. The most troublesome species in the garden are those that live and feed within plant roots most of their lives and those that live freely in the soil and feed on plant roots.

Hoplolaimus floridensis Subbotin et al., 2025 Florida lance nematode

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Hoplolaimus floridensis Subbotin et al., 2025
Florida lance nematode
Current Pest Rating: Q
Proposed Pest Rating: A


Comment Period: 10/22/2025 – 12/06/2025


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Meloidogyne graminicola Golden & Birchfield 1965 Rice root-knot nematode

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Meloidogyne graminicola Golden & Birchfield 1965
Rice root-knot nematode
Current Pest Rating: None
Proposed Pest Rating: A


Comment Period: 10/17/2025 – 12/01/2025


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Nacobbus aberrans (Thorne, 1935) Thorne & Allen, 1944 (sensu lato) False root-knot nematode


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Nacobbus aberrans (Thorne, 1935) Thorne & Allen, 1944 (sensu lato) False root-knot nematode
Pest Rating: A



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Hirschmanniella oryzae (van Breda de Haan, 1902) Luc & Goodey,1964 rice root nematode


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Hirschmanniella oryzae (van Breda de Haan, 1902) Luc & Goodey,1964 rice root nematode
Pest Rating: A



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