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Fig 1. Occurrence and distribution of root-knot nematodes on vegetables fields in Xinjiang, China. A, the location of Xinjiang where root-knot nematode disease was investigated. B, distribution of all collected samples. C, distribution of root-knot nematode. D, distribution of M. incognita and M. hapla.