First Report of Root-knot Nematode, Meloidogyne enterolobii , on Luffa cylindrica (L.) in Guangxi, China

• Published in: Plant disease
• Main Authors: Li, Fayu, Shan, Bin, Zhang, Xiaoxiao, Zhao, Wei, Pan, Lingling, Wu, Chaorong, Yang, Shanshan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 02.12.2024
• Subjects: disease development and spread; Vegetables; Crop Type; Nematodes; Pathogen detection; Causal Agent; Epidemiology; Subject Areas

Luffa cylindrica (L.), an annual climbing herb of the Cucurbitaceae family, has a long planting history in China and is deeply loved by people due to its nutritional and medicinal value (Partap S, Kumar A et al., 2012). April 2023, symptoms such as plant dwarfism, decreased yield and serious root-kn...