Title: How to Control Nematode: Chemical, Physical and Biological Control
Headings: How to Control Nematode: Chemical, Physical and Biological Control
How to Control Nematode: Chemical, Physical and Biological Control
These are discussed in brief here:
Chemical Control:
Fumigants:
Non-Fumigant Chemicals:
Cultural Practices:
They result in partial or complete control of nematodes and include:
Crop Rotation of Non-Host Plants:
Physical Methods:
Biological Control:

Content: Interference in the nematode infection, development and reproduction can temporarily slow or halt an increase in the number of nematodes. Chemical control of nematodes has not made much headway in India mainly due to the prohibitive cost of the nematicides, difficulty of application over large areas and the lack of awareness of the nematode problem. In spite of high initial costs of nematocides, there is increasing evidence that a judicious use of these chemicals would be economical on selected crops, such as cotton, sugarcane, citrus, grape vine, potato, vegetables and even wheat and barley in heavily infested fields. Cultural Practices: They result in partial or complete control of nematodes and include: Crop Rotation of Non-Host Plants: ADVERTISEMENTS: Several nematode species can infect only a few crops. Since all plant pathogenic nematodes are obligate, the absence of susceptible hosts from the soil for two to three years will result in the elimination of nematodes from that area through starvation and inability to reproduce. The value of crop rotation has long been recognized in the control of Heterodera spp.