In order to find out the reasons of the serious root-knot nematode disease occurred in Dongzhou Island of Hengyang city,the experiment was carried out to investigate continuous cropping,field incidence,pathogen,advantage fungi in the body of nematode and soil and its effect on the pathogen of root-knot nematodes.The results showed that the towel gourd was con-tinuous planted in large areas in the island for many years and the incidence and degree of the disease are increasing year by year.The disease pathogen was identified as Meloidogyne incognita by the morphological characteristics of perin...