The most important host plant for this nematode is tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L), but other hosts include tomato, eggplant and closely related solanaceous weeds.

Nematode infection of the tobacco root system causes dramatic stunting, yield loss and decreases leaf quality.

[8] Due to lack of enzymes that cause hypertrophy and hyperplasia, there is no galling observed.

[10] Mugniéry et al. (1992) confirmed hybridization between all three entities but these groups vary greatly in their capacity to damage tobacco.

Management practices consist of crop rotation, planting resistant cultivars and general soil maintenance and hygiene.

Chemical control is an option but it is not widely used in USA against Globodera tabacum spp.