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Abstract

In 1973 a nematode survey oC lhe Cru il nursery oC the Cocoa Research Center, Ilhéus, state of Bahia, Brazil was conducted. Twenty soil and root samples were collected from the rhizospheres of 20 different species of fruit plants. Eleven genera and 13 species of plant parasitie nematodes were identified, of which the most frequently eneountered were Helicolylenchus dihystera, Xiphinema sp. , Rolylenchulus reniformis and Pratylenchus brachyurus. Trichodorus porosus and Boleodorus sp. are reported for the first lime from Bahia, Brazil. All lhe plant species sampled are recorded herein as new hosts Cor lhe different species of plant parasitic nematodes encountered in this survey.