Abstract

M. D. Shoko1 and M. Zhou2

This study was done to investigate the nematode diversity in a soybean-sugarcane production system in a semiarid region of Zimbabwe .Results indicated that Pratylenchus, Helicotylenchus and Scutellonema had the highest populations per 100 cubic centimeters of soil before the planting of soybeans. Pratylenchus and Criconemella were not present after the harvesting of soybeans. Xiphinema and Scutellonema were absent in the subsequent cane roots. Basically there was a considerable reduction in nematode population in soils after harvesting soybeans