Burrowing Nematode Radopholus similis (Cobb, 1893) Thorne, 1949 (Nematoda: Secernentea: Tylenchida: Pratylenchidae: Pratylenchinae)
The burrowing nematode is the most economically important nematode parasite of banana in the world.Infection causes toppling disease of banana, yellows disease of pepper and spreading decline of citrus.These Canopy diseases are the result of burrowing nematode infection destroying root tissue, leaving plants with little to no support or ability to