根瘿线虫是重要的植物寄生虫,自1855年Berkejey,M.J.在英格兰温室黄瓜根部发现以来,一直受到人民的重视。在一个相当长的历史时期,根瘿线虫被认为是单一的种;它有过不少的异名,流行最广的名称是Heterodera marioni。1887年Goeldi,E.A.根据寄生在咖啡根部的居群建立过新属,命名为Meloidogyne,可是这 Nematodes are important plant parasites and have been valued by the people since Berkejey, M.J. found them in the greenhouse cucumber roots in England in 1855. At a fairly long historical time, nematodes are considered as single species; they have had many different names and the most popular name is Heterodera marioni. Goeldi, E.A., established the new genus in 1887 according to the population parasitic in the roots of coffee and named Meloidogyne, but this