Nematode Diseases and Their Management

Abstract

The soil conditions are highly conducive for nematode infestations of the polyhouse crops. Nematode problems arise from contaminated soil or soil mixture used as a component of the growing medium, monocropping, and infested planting materials. Nematode management here must be considered primarily as exclusion or avoidance. Once nematodes are introduced, it is difficult to manage them. Nematode management using exclusion, sanitation, physical approaches, host plant resistance, chemical nematicides, biological control, and integrated methods is discussed.