Life Cycle
Radopholus similis is a migratory endoparasitic nematode which completes its life-cycle in about 21 days at 25ºC in the root corm tissues . Females and juvenile stages both attack and enter host roots, especially near the tip of the roots. Males with their weak stylets do not feed. Females lays an average of four to 2-6 eggs each day .
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