Burrowing Nematode Radopholus similis (Cobb, 1893) Thorne, 1949 (Nematoda: Secernentea: Tylenchida: Pratylenchidae: Pratylenchinae)
The burrowing nematode is the most economically important nematode parasite of banana in the world.Infection causes toppling disease of banana, yellows disease of pepper and spreading decline of bovi-shield gold fp 5 l5 citrus.These diseases are the result of burrowing nematode infection destroying root tissue, leaving plants with little to no supp