The document is a report on the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica submitted by Kumar Suman. It includes sections on the taxonomy, hosts, symptoms, life cycle, and infected plants of M. javanica. M. javanica is a nematode pathogen that infects over 770 plant species including economically important crops like tea, grapevine, fruits, cereals, and ornamentals. Its symptoms include abnormal leaf color, wilting leaves, swollen roots, reduced root systems, and dwarfing. It is an obligate endoparasite that enters plant roots and establishes feeding sites, inducing root galls. Its life cycle involves infective juveniles hatching from eggs and developing into adults