title: Nematodes associated with pawpaw (cv. homestead) in Nsukka, Nigeria.
abstract: In field and greenhouse experiments, Meloidogyne javanica caused symptomatic damage to pawpaw (cv. Homestead). Other important nematodes to which pawpaw seemed a good host included Pratylenchus spp., Rotylenchus reniformis, Helioctylenchus spp., and Tylenchulus martini. Pawpaw appeared as a poor host to Scutellonema clatbricaudatum and Hoplolaimus pararobustus. Fusarium sp. was isolated from the plant roots.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005638:Fruit; D005670:Fusarium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009348:Nematoda / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009549:Nigeria; D010935:Plant Diseases; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity