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Nematodos en América Latina
Table 1. Main species of root-knot nematodes observed on C. arabica in Latin America and classed according to the nature of the damage severity: + = existence of galls and decrease in
production; ++ = existence of galls, necrosis and generalized weaking of the tree with some tree deaths; +++ = existence of galls and corky roots (‘corchosis’), generalized weakening of the tree
followed by death.
Species Countries
where
reported
M. exigua Brazil
Venezuela
Colombia
Costa-Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
Importance of distribution Damage
severity
Widely distributed
Widely distributed
Widely distributed
Widely distributed
Widely distributed
Widely distributed
Pathogens associated
with symptoms
References
+ none Lordello (1972)
Esbenshade & Triantaphyllou (1985)
Flores & López (1989)
Hernandez et al (2004a)
M. arenaria El Salvador Limited ++ none Bertrand et al (2000b)
M. izalcoensis El Salvador Limited ++ ? Carneiro et al (2005)
Hernandez et al (2004a)
M. arabicida Costa Rica Very limited +++ Fusarium oxysporum López & Salazar (1989)
Bertrand et al (2000a)
M. incognita Brazil
El Salvador
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
M. paranaensis Brazil
Guatemala*
Hawaii
large
limited
limited
limited
Large
Large
Large
+++ Fusarium oxysporum
+++ Suspected
Suspected
Suspected
Esbenshade & Triantaphyllou (1985)
Carneiro et al (2000)
Negron et al (1989)
Carneiro et al (1996)
Carneiro et al (2004)