Nematóides associados ao cafeeiro no estado do Espírito Santo

Abstract

A nematological survey was carried out in 1992 in the coffee production area of Espírito Santo State, Brazil, to know the different genera of coffee parasitic nematodes in that State. The phytonematodes found and their frequencies (%) in the samples were: 1)Coffea arabica: Helicotylenchus sp. (68.8), Meloidogyne ' exigua (35.5), Aphelenchus sp. (33.3), Criconemellazsp. (20.0), Xiphinema sp. (13.3), Pratylenchussp. (13.3), Ditylenchus sp. (17.7), Aphelenchoides sp. (17.7), Tylenchus sp. (4.4), Meloidogyne sp. (juveniles) (2.0) and Rotylenchulus sp. (2.2). 2)Coffea canephora var. kouillou: Aphelenchus sp. (56.3), Helicotylenchus sp. (25.0), Ditylenchus sp. (21.9), Meloidogyne sp. (iuveniles) (20.3), Pratylenchus sp. (17.2), Tylenchus sp. (15.6), Aphelenchoides sp. (14.0), Cri- conemella sp. ( 10.9), Rotylenchulus Sp. (10.9) and Xiphinema sp. (1.5).