Helicotylenchus: a spiral nematode seen under foldscope

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Helicotylenchus, commonly known as spiral nematodes is a genus of nematodes in the family Hoplolamidae. They survive as parasitic nematodes of plant ; feeding either inside the host plant roots (endoparasite) or outside (ectoparasite), as a result causing economic damage to agricultural crops.The genus Helicotylenchus however, belongs to the ectoparasites.

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