Saccharum officinarum
"Heterodera sacchari" has a narrow host range. Major host crop infected by this nematode include sugarcane ("Saccharum officinarum") and rice ("Oryza sativa"). Other plant hosts include bermudagrass ("Cynodon dactylon"), Bread grass ("Brachiaria brizantha"), carpet grass ("Axonopus compressus"), jungle rice ("Echinocloa brizantha"), sour grass ("Paspalum conjugatum"), goose grass ("Eleusine indica"), palisadegrass ("Urochloa brizantha") and wild sugarcane ("Saccharum spontaneum").