Research Papers: Ability of Selected Common Weeds and Ornamentals to Host Pratylenchus coffeae

Abstract

Greenhouse evaluations of weeds and ornamentals commonly found in Florida citrus groves and greenhouses, respectively, indicated that Pratylenchus coffeae could be detected in roots of 15 of 27-plant species but most did not support high populations. The weeds Momordica charantia and Schinus terebinthifolius and the ornamentals Chamaedorea elegans and Codiaeum variegatum were found to be P coffeae hosts. P. coffeae was pathogenic to C. elegans and Brassaia actinophylla under greenhouse conditions. C. variegatum supported large P. coffeae populations on large, lesion-free root systems.