Several species of plant parasitic nematodes are known to be present n the rhizosphere of ragi plants.Linford and Yap(1940)have reported the occurrence of the reniform nematode Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford nd Oliveria.1940 on Eleusine Indica.Subsquently Goodey et al.(1965)have listed a Meloidogyne sp.under E.corocana as well as three other species of root-knot nematodes.
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