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Condición fitosanitaria: Plaga Cuarentenaria Ausente
Grupo de cultivos: Frutales
Rango de hospedantes: Ampio, no específico, Cientos a miles de especies, incluyendo cutlivos extensivos de grano, pastos, hortalizas, frutales y numerosas malezas.
Especie hospedante: Banano (Musa × paradisiaca L.)
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Agente causal:
Radopholus similis (Cobb, 1893)
Meloidogyne spp. (~100 species)
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Taxonomía:
Eukaryota > Opisthokonta > Metazoa > Eumetazoa > Bilateria > Protostomia > Ecdysozoa > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Rhabditida > Tylenchina > Tylenchomorpha > Tylenchoidea > Pratylenchidae > Radopholinae > Radopholus
Eukaryota > Opisthokonta > Metazoa > Eumetazoa > Bilateria > Protostomia > Ecdysozoa > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Rhabditida > Tylenchina > Tylenchomorpha > Tylenchoidea > Meloidogynidae > Meloidogyninae > Meloidogyne > Meloidogyne incognita group
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Síntomas
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- Plátanos caídos debido a la infección por nematodos y anclaje reducido del sistema de raíces del banano debido a Radopholus similis en Kenia (a) y en Martinica (b). Autor: D. Coyne y P. Quénéhervé, publicado en Sikora et al. 2018
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- Raíces de banano lesionadas, infectadas con nematodos, cortadas longitudinalmente (a) y enteras, mostrando necrosis, que penetra en toda la corteza pero no en la estela (b). Autor: D. Coyne, publicado en Sikora et al., 2018.
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Bibliografía
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Sikora R, Coyne D, Quénéhervé P (2018) Nematode parasites of bananas and plantains. In: Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Subtropical and Tropical Agriculture (eds RA Sikora et al.). © CAB International. doi: 10.1079/9781786391247.0617
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Wu Z, Liu Z, Wang W, et al. (2026) Root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita uses secondary-metabolite-mediated soil microbiome shifts to locate host plants. Nat. Plants 12: 337–355. doi: 10.1038/s41477-025-02205-4
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