In order to evaluate the damage caused by Meloidogyne incognita race 1 and M. exigua to C. arabica cv. Mundo Novo and C. canephora cv. Robusta (C 2258) an experiment was established under greenhouse conditions, with 0, 2,000, 4,000, and 8,000 eggs as inicial inoculum, in a completely randomized design with one plant per plot. The plants were inoculated 20 days after transplanting and nematode population and some growth parameters were evaluated 150 days later. M. incognita race 1 showed to be more pathogenic to 'Mundo Novo' than M. exigua. The selection C 2258 was not an efficient host for M. incognita race 1, although reproduction occurred and significant reduction in the shoot dry weight of the inoculated plants was determined; M. exigua did not infect this cultivar.
Meloidogyne exigua; M. incognita race 1; coffee; pathogenicity