University of FloridaSolutions for Your Life

EENY236: Red Ring Nematode, Bursaphelenchus cocophilus (Cobb) Baujard (Nematoda: Secernentea: Tylenchida: Aphelenchina: Aphelenchoidea: Bursaphelechina) formerly Rhadinaphelenchus cocophilus

Figure 2. Smaller-than-usual and dying leaves are one of the symptoms of red ring disease, caused by the red ring nematode Bursaphelenchus cocophilus.