Taraxacum mongolicum is valued both as a nutritious edible plant and a medicinal herb with anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties, and it is being explored as a potential natural antibiotic alternative in livestock farming (Wang et al. 2022). In September 2025, a field survey of root-knot nematodes was conducted in T. mongolicum cultivation gardens in Xuan'en County, Hubei Province, China (30°5'49" N; 109°48'14" E; altitude 1425 m). Approximately 60% of plants inspected across three surv