Definition
Root knot is a disease sympotms that refers to galls or swellings that form on roots of plants infected with nematodes of teh plant-parasitic genus, Meloidogyne.
Root knots on a noni (Morinda citrifolia) plant infected by root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne sp.) |
 Aerial root-knot galls on Piper methysticum (kava) caused by Meloidogyne sp. |
 Root-knot galls on papaya (Carica papaya) caused by Meloidogyne sp. |
 Large root knots on a noni (Morinda citrifolia) plant infected by root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne sp.) |
Root knot is a disease sympotms that refers to galls or swellings that form on roots of plants infected with nematodes of teh plant-parasitic genus, Meloidogyne.