Ornamental plants

Families

Percentage of plant infected with Meloidogyne spp.

Total

Percentage of plant infected with Rotylenchulus reniformis

No. of females

M. incognita

M. javanica

M. arenaria

per root system

Acalypha wilkesiana L.

Euphorbiaceae

64.0 (78.4)

24.0 (400)

-

88.0

-

-

Althea rosea L.

Malvaceae

56.0 (32.0)

14.0 (68.0)

6.0 (18.2)

76.0

8.0

22

Amaranthus caudatus L.

Amaranthaceae

24.0 (23.0)

20.0 (29.0)

16.0 (12.0)

60.0

-

-

Antirrhinum majus L.

Scrophulariaceae

32.0 (42.2)

16.0 (20 1)

-

48.0

-

-

Bougainvillea spectabilis wild

Nyctaginaceae

34.0 (64.2)

24.0 (324)

-

58.0

-

-

Bryophyllum pinnatum Lam.

Crassulaceae

10.0 (21.2)

36.0 (57.0)

-

46.0

-

-

Calendula officinalis L.

Asteraceae

48.0 (36.0)

17.0 (24.2)

-

65.0

12.0

27

Callistemon lanceolatus DC.

Myrtaceae

49.0 (32.2)

-

-

49.0

-

-

Canna indica L.

Cannaceae

51.0 (42.0)

20.0 (34.0)

-

71.0

-

-

Celosia cristata L.

Amaranthaceae

45.0 (50.0)

24.0 (22.0)

28.0 (37.0)

97.0

-

-

Chrysanthemum indicum L.

Asteraceae

32.0 (26.2)

-

-

32.0

24.0

23

Coleus blumei Benth.

Lamiaceae

68.0 (64.0)

-

-

68.0

32.0

45

Cosmos bippinatus Cav.

Asteraceae

-

14.0 (24.9)

-

14.0

-

-

Dahlia variabilis Desf.

Asteraceae

41.0 (40.2)

-

-

41.0

44.0

62

Delphinium ajacis L.

Ranunculaceae

-

-

25.0 (33.0)

25.0

-

-

Dianthus caryophyllus L.

Caryophyllaceae

5.0 (25.0)

9.0 (24.2)

27.0 (22.0)

41.0

29.0

40

Helianthus annus L.

Asteraceae

12.0 (32.2)

24.0 (24.0)

8.0 (24.4)

44.0

21.0

24

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

Malvaceae

16.0 (44.4)

17.0 (26.0)

7.0 (13.3)

40.0

56.0

51

Iberis amara L.

Cruciferae

20.0 (26.2)

-

20.0 (13.0)

20.0

-

-

Impatiens balsamina L.

Balsaminaceae

48.0 (92.0)

32.0 (70.2)

-

100.0

52.0

48

Jasminum sambac L.

Oleaceae

16.0 (20.2)

56.0 (44.0)

-

72.0

28.0

30

Kochia scoparia (L.) Roth.

Chenopodiaceae

40.0 (84.2)

24.0 (52.0)

-

64.0

42.0

33

Mirabilis jalapa L.

Nyctaginaceae

24.0 (62.2)

72.0 (40.0)

-

96.0

-

-

Petunia hybrida Hort.

Solanaceae

32.0 (26.2)

17.0 (20.0)

12.0 (21.2)

49.0

55.0

60

Phlox drummondii Hook.

Polemoniaceae

17.0 (22.0)

7.0 (18.2)

-

36.0

-

-

Plumeria alba Tourn.

Apocynaceae

16.0 (32.0)

-

-

16.0

26.0

25

Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum L. Acanthaceae

80.0 (102.4)

-

-

80.0

--

-

Rosa indica L.

Rosaceae

40.0 (32.2)

33.2 (26.0)

-

73.0

22.0

32

Thevetia peruviana K. Schum.

Apocynaceae

-

-

-

--

40.0

46

Tropaeolium majus L.

Tropaeolaceae

24.0 (32.0)

-

-

24.0

-

-