Table 1 Number of ESTs and genes available in sequence data bases (February 2015)

Meloidogyne hapla

24,452

14420^a

Meloidogyne incognita

63,838

19212^a

Meloidogyne chitwoodi

12,218

Meloidogyne javanica

7,587

Meloidogyne arenaria

5,042

Meloidogyne paranaensis

3,710

Globodera rostochiensis

11,851

Globodera pallida

9,020

16417^a

Heterodera glycines

24,444

Heterodera schachtii

2,812

Migratory nematodes

# of ESTs

# of genes

Radopholus similis

7,382

Pratylenchus vulnus

5,812

Pratylenchus penetrans

1,916

Bursaphelenchus mucronatus

3,193

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

14,059