EPPO Global Database

Meloidogyne enterolobii(MELGMY)

Distribution details in Nigeria

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2012
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/113) : first found during a survey conducted in 2012/2013 in yam (Dioscorea rotundata) tubers collected in the Nigerian states of Anambra, Niger and Abuja (Federal Capital Territory).

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/103) : first record on plantain (Musa spp. AAB).
References
* Bello TT, Coyne DL, Rashidifard M, Fourie H (2020) Abundance and diversity of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with watermelon in Nigeria, with focus on Meloidogyne spp. Nematology 22(7), 781-797.

* Kolombia YA, Lava Kumar P, Claudius-Cole AO, Karssen G, Viaene N, Coyne D, Bert W (2016) First report of Meloidogyne enterolobii causing tuber galling damage on white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) in Nigeria. Plant Disease 100(10), 2171-2174.

* Olajide EO, Kolombia Y, Amah D, Couvreur M, Swennen R, Coyne DL, Cortada L, Bert W (2023) First report of the Root-Knot nematode Meloidogyne enterolobii parasitizing plantain (Musa spp., AAB) in Nigeria. Plant Disease 107(3), 970. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-22-1350-SC

* Oyetunde AK, Kolombia YA, Adewuyi O, Afolami SO, Coyne D (2022) First report of Meloidogyne enterolobii infecting cassava (Manihot esculenta) resulting in root galling damage in Africa. Plant Disease 106(5), 1533. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-22-1350-SC
------- Causing root galls in cassava in Ibadan.


Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Benin Present, no details view...
Niger Present, restricted distribution view...