Abstract
Plant-parasitic nematodes are important pests, causing billions of dollars damage to the world’s food and fibre crops. However, from an ecological perspective, this group of nematodes is simply one component in a vast array of organisms that live in soil. All these organisms interact with nematodes and with each other, and during that process, contribute to regulatory mechanisms that maintain the stability of the soil food-web. Populations of individual species do not increase indefinitely but are subject to a constant series of checks and balances, which more or less stabilises their population densities. Thus, biological control is a normal part of a properly functioning soil ecosystem, with plant-parasitic nematodes only becoming pests when they are no longer constrained by the biological buffering mechanisms that normally keep them in check. This chapter therefore focuses on approaches that can be used to restore, maintain or enhance the natural nematode-suppressive mechanisms that should operate in all agricultural soils. The positive impact of organic matter and the negative effects of tillage, biocides, fertilisers and other management practices on suppressiveness are discussed, together with examples of suppression due to host-specific natural enemies. The problems associated with replacing soil fumigants and nematicides with biological alternatives, and the ecological issues likely to affect the efficacy of such products, are also considered.
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Stirling, G.R. (2011). Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: An Ecological Perspective, a Review of Progress and Opportunities for Further Research. In: Davies, K., Spiegel, Y. (eds) Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes:. Progress in Biological Control, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9648-8_1
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