Department of Nematology, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar-751 003, India.
* Part of the Ph.D thesis accepted by Utkal University of the first Scientist, now working as Lecturer in Zoology. R.D. Women's College, Bhubaneswar.
Sixty three plant species, belonging to different families, tested for their suitability as hosts of Pratylenchus coffeae under pot conditions indicated that nematode preferred both monocot as weIl as dicot plants with banana as the most preferred host.
pratylenchus coffeae, host range
