Pest Photo

Jonathan D. Eisenback, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org

Dagger nematode

Xiphinema bakeri

Dagger nematode (Xiphinema bakeri) is a nematode pest.

Dagger nematodes inhabit the soil immediately adjacent to feeder roots of seedlings and cause damage to roots by feeding externally on succulent root tissues. Xiphinema bakeri causes corky root disease of Douglas-fir seedlings.

For more information about this plant pest, see the CABI data sheet.