The cities in the South of Minas Gerais, which is the main coffee producer region in Brazil, would face a serious risk of productivity loss if more aggressive root-knot nematodes species, such as Meloidogyne paranaensis. In order to prevent the dissemination of this nematode, it is necessary to know the occurrence outbreaks and distribution of Meloidogyne spp. in this region. Then, objective was to investigate ...
The use of resistant cultivars is an economical and efficient method to prevent nematode infestation in coffee plantations. The progress of coffee resistance to Meloidogyne exigua depends on the continuous evaluations of genotypes obtained in breeding programs. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the reaction of the crossing of Icatu or Catuaí with Timor Hybrid or Catimor progenies against one population o...