Abstract
Brazil is the largest sugarcane producer in the world, followed by China and India, and the largest producer and exporter of its by-products, sugar, and ethanol. Pratylenchus zeae, a migratory endoparasitic nematode of various plant crops, is one of the leading causes of reduced productivity in sugarcane crops (Saccharum spp.), with intensified losses year after year. The reduction in the…