What is Nematode?

  • Nematodes are like thin threads. Their body is long, cylindrical and the whole body is devoid of segments.
  • It acts as a parasite for the crops, it either lives in soil or in plant tissues and damages the roots of the plant.
  • Due to its infestation, the leaves turn yellow and the plant withers causing the fruits to not grow.
  • The most important symptom of its infestation is that the roots of the plants clump together, not growing straight, and forming knots in the roots.
  • Its infestation occurs on most of the crops.
  • Biological treatment is the most effective way to control it.
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