R. reniformis has been reported from thousands of localities in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia.Wang, K. Reniform Nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford and Oliveira (Nematoda: Tylenchida: Tylenchoidea: Hoplolaimidae: Rotylenchulinae). EENY-210 (IN367). Entomology and Nematology. Florida Cooperative Extension Service. University of Florida IFAS. Published 2001, revised 2007. It has a wide host range that includes fruit trees, lentil, cotton, pigeon pea, tea, tobacco, soybean, pineapple, banana, okra, coconut, cabbage, sweet potato, alfalfa, corn, asparagus, palm, cucumber, tomato, squash, cassava, radish, eggplant, guava, melon, chickpea, and ginger.MacGowan, J. B. The Reniform Nematode. Nematology Circular No. 32. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 1977. Certain plants are considered to be non-hosts of the nematode, such as little barley, common barnyard grass, pangola grass, peppers, and some cultivars of black mustard, oat, spinach, and sugarcane.
