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Meloidogyne fallax (false Columbia root knot nematode) is an invasive crop pest recorded across Europe, Africa, North America, and Oceania. Here we present the draft genome assembly of M. fallax which was de novo assembled and scaffolded using M. chitwoodi (Columbia root knot nematode), a close relative of M. fallax.