Jair Correa de Carvalho, Brazilian plant pathologist and helminthologist (Três Pontas, Minas Gerais State 1920 – São Paulo 25 December 1983)
Considered as world-renowned specialist in Mononchidae nematodes
Authored 30 scientific papers on nematodes taxonomy and control
DESCRIBED NEMATODA TAXA
Genera
Neochordodes 1942
Pseudochordodes 1942
Species
Chordodes moraisi 1942
Helicotylenchus elisensis 1957
Iotonchus risoceiae 1953
Mononchus coronatus 1956
Mononchus piracicaboides 1960
Mononchus soutoi 1956
Paragordius esavianus 1942
Pseudochordodes manteri 1942
Rotylenchus iperoiguensis 1956
Sporonchulus ibitiensis 1951
Xiphinema americanum 1956
Xiphinema itanhaense 1962
Xiphinema paulistanum 1965
See docentes.esalq.usp.br/sbn/perfisbn/1half/jair.pdf (in Portuguese)