The roots of Dwarf Banana were infected only by the young females of reni-form nematode, whose anterior part of the boby eneased in the cortes of the root for feeding.

• 肾状线虫仅以年青雌虫侵染香蕉根,以虫体前部插入皮层取食,营半内寄生生活发育至成熟。