“…This nematode is 0.4-0.8 mm in body size, has a life cycle around 10 to 12 days and it can reproduce in extreme environments, making it hard to eliminate. Better known as the rice white tip, A. besseyi infects important agronomic crops such as rice, soybeans and strawberries (Oliveira et al, 2019; Subbotin et al, 2020), causing necrosis and distortion of its host’s leaves (Jen et al, 2012; Oliveira et al, 2019; Wang et al, 2014). The nematode has reportedly been responsible for up to a 60% crop loss in some cases (Koenning et al, 1999; Lilley, Kyndt, & Gheysen, 2011) and was listed among the top ten plant parasitic nematodes in a 2013 review (Jones et al, 2013).…”