Pest Photo

Walter Peraza Padilla, National University of Costa Rica, Bugwood.org

Primitivus stubby-root nematode

Trichodorus primitivus

Primitivus stubby-root nematode (Trichodorus primitivus) is a nematode pest of Sugarbeet, cabbage, peas, corn, oats and wheat.

Feeding at root tip may cause damage and damage of tap roots in sugarbeet.

For more information about this plant pest, see the CABI data sheet.