Nematodes associated with rhizosphere and roots of cassava planted in rotation with yam crops

Abstract

The work had the objective of evaluating the population of plant parasitic nematodes associated with the cassava crop planted in succession to the yam crop was evaluated in 22 farming in the Recôncavo region of Bahia. Additionally, the hospitability of two cassava varieties 'Cigana' and 'Talo Roxo' to Scutellonema bradys. The following nematodes were found in cassava roots and soils: Pratylenchus brachyurus, Scutellonema bradys, Meloidogyne incognita, and Rotylenchulus reniformis, Tylenchus sp., Aphelenchus sp., Mesocriconema sp., Aphelenchoides sp., Helicotylenchus. Host status test show that the studied varieties are not hostesses of nematode Scutellonema bradys.

dry rot; root lesions; Dioscorea cayennensis; Manihot esculenta