Nematodes associated with pawpaw (cv. homestead) in Nsukka, Nigeria

In field and greenhouse experiments, Meloidogyne javanica caused symptomatic damage to pawpaw (cv. Homestead). Other important nematodes to which pawpaw seemed a good host included Pratylenchus spp., Rotylenchus reniformis, Helioctylenchus spp., and Tylenchulus martini. Pawpaw appeared as a poor host to Scutellonema clatbricaudatum and Hoplolaimus pararobustus. Fusarium sp. was isolated from the plant roots.