EPPO Global Database

Radopholus similis citrus race(RADOCI)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1992: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1953
From CABI Disease map 793 (1999): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Present only in Florida (where it was recorded for the first time in 1953) and Hawaii.
References
* Suit, R.F.; Du Charme, E.P. (1953) The burrowing nematode and other parasitic nematodes in relation to spreading decline of citrus. Plant Disease Reporter 37, 379-383.