“…Meloidogyne javanica (Treub, 1885) Chitwood, 1949, M. incognita (Kofoid and White, 1919) Chitwood, 1949, M. arenaria (Neal, 1889) Chitwood, 1949and M. hapla Chitwood, 1949 are the most common species of root-knot nematodes, being responsible for at least 90% of all the plant damages caused by nematodes (Castagnone-Sereno, 2002). It was also found that the rootknot nematodes are the most predominant group that are targeted by 48% of the global nematicides used for all crops (Haydock et al, 2006).…”