More than 350 hosts have been recorded. Apple, cherry, other fruit trees, conifers, roses, tomato, potato, corn, sugarbeets, and many other plants are parasitized by this nematode. Life Cycle Migratory endoparasite. Reproduction is sexual.
Females lay eggs singly in roots or in soil.
Second-stage juveniles hatch from eggs, feed, and undergo three molts to the adult stage. The complete life cycle takes 30 to 86 days, depending on temperature, and is shortest at 30 C. Adults, J2, J3 and J4 can all invade roots. If conditions in the root become unfavorable any juveniles stage or the adult nematodes may leave the root and invade other nearby roots. Invasion usually takes place in the region of elongation. Cells are killed and in many instances small roots are killed.