Claim · model-written summary
Apuleia leiocarpa and Myrcianthes pungens were immune to both root-knot nematodes.
- Taxon
- Apuleia leiocarpa and Myrcianthes pungens
Apuleia leiocarpaMyrcianthes pungense0
- Outcome
- immune to both RKN speciese0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Apuleia leiocarpa and Myrcianthes pungens being the only species immune to both RKN species”
Title
Host Status of Brazilian Native Tree Species to Root‐Knot Nematodes
Ismail Teodoro de Souza Júnior; Rodrigo Ferraz Ramos; Zaida Inês Antoniolli; et al. Forest Pathology 2026. doi:10.1111/efp.70062
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Fifteen of 24 tree species were susceptible to M. javanica.
- Observation Seventeen of 24 tree species were susceptible to M. incognita.
- Observation Enterolobium contortisiliquum, Handroanthus albus and Senna macranthera had the highest reproduction factors for both nematodes.
- Observation Cedrela fissilis had high susceptibility only to M. incognita.
- Observation Six tree species were resistant to M. javanica.
- Observation Five tree species were resistant to M. incognita.
- Observation Four named tree species resisted both nematodes.
- Observation Four tree species were immune to M. javanica.
- Observation Two tree species were immune to M. incognita.
- Association Susceptible trees widely distributed in the Cerrado may provide nematode refuges near farmland.