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Subject listing for: Nematodes


parent: Biocontrol, Suppressiveness

Alternative Nematode Control

Description:
An ATTRA publication regarding specific nematodes that attack plants and sustainable methods to treat and discourage these organisms.

Accessible from:
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/nematode.html

Biocontrol Guía de los enemigos naturales.

Description:
Esta página tiene información sobre una grán variedad de agentes de biocontrol para insectos, patógenos de plantas, y otras plagas.

Accessible from:
http://www.iicasaninet.net/pub/sanveg/html/biocontrol/

Columbia Root-knot Nematode Control in Potato Using Crop Rotations and Cover Crops

Description:
An 8 page publication in pdf format from the Oregon State University Extension Service (USA), this document discusses a method for controlling a potato pest called Columbia root-knot nematode using crop rotations and cover crops.

Accessible from:
http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/EdMat/EM8740.pdf

Discussions regarding nematocidal green manure cover crops (4/14/98 -4/16/98)

Description:
This site contains the archives of a discussion carried out on the MULCH-L, an English language e-list for those interested in cover crops and green manures.

Accessible from:
http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/mba_project/moist/Mmnemat.html

Effects of residual banana organic matter on burrowing nematode (Radopholus similis) in established plantations

Description:
Published in the Australasian Nematology Newsletter in 1999, this article discusses a study in a banana plantation in north Queensland, Australia looking at how the retention of crop residue at the pseudostem base affected nematode populations and damage.

Accessible from:
http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/AAN/Jan99/banana_jan1999.htm

Gaugler Laboratory on Entomopathogenic Nematodes

Description:
This Research Group page from Rutgers University (USA) has photos, a description of biocontrol using nematodes, and links to other nematode biocontrol sites.

Accessible from:
http://nematodes.rutgers.edu/

Insect Parasitic Nematodes

Description:
This page from Ohio State University (USA) has resources on nematode biology, a photo gallery, and an excellent listing of retail suppliers of nematode biocontrol organisms.

Accessible from:
http://www2.oardc.ohio-state.edu/nematodes/

Management of the rice root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola)

Description:
An on-line learning module discussing the rice root-knot nematode, its distribution, potential yield damage, and management options for controlling it. It also outlines how to assess fields for root-knot nematode infestation.

Accessible from:
http://mulch.mannlib.cornell.edu/rootknot/index.html

Morphology and Taxonomy of Entomopathogenic nematodes

Description:
This short page has information and photos on how to identify several genera of insect-infecting nematodes, as well as lists of species and links to other sites on biocontrol of insects with nematodes.

Accessible from:
http://kbn.ifas.ufl.edu/kbnstein.htm

Nematodes as biological control agents of insects

Description:
This site from the University of Nebraska (USA) has sections on specific genera of nematodes for biocontrol, as well as a bibliography and links section to other sites on biocontrol.

Accessible from:
http://nematode.unl.edu/wormepns.htm

Nematodes (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae & Heterorhabditidae)

Description:
Part of a website called Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America, this page gives an extensive discussion of nematodes, their life cycle, characteristics, and uses. It also includes photos and a list of suppliers.

Accessible from:
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/pathogens/nematodes.html

Rincon-Vitova Insectaries

Description:
RVI produces insects and distributes insects and other organisms for biological control of pests of gardens, farms, stables, and compost yards.

Accessible from:
http://www.rinconvitova.com/

Role of Nematodes in Soil Health and Their Use as Indicators

Description:
This article by Deborah A. Neher discusses using nematode communities as bioindicators of soil health. (PDF accessible from the University of Toledo website).

Accessible from:
http://www.eeescience.utoledo.edu/Faculty/Neher/Publications/JON33_2001.pdf

Soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Description:
The soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning page from Colorado State University (USA) focuses on soil ecology of natural systems. It has links pages and an image section of nematodes.

Accessible from:
http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/projects/soil/

Soil biology movies

Description:
To see soil biology in action, visit Tom Loynachan's Soil Biology Movies page, with 16 QuickTime movies covering soil life from actinomycetes to mites.

Accessible from:
http://www.agron.iastate.edu/~loynachan/mov/

Soil Organic Matter, Green Manures and Cover Crops For Nematode Management

Description:
This page describes several ways in which organic soil amendments may help reduce nematode injury to plants.

Accessible from:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_VH037

Suppliers Of Beneficial Organisms

Description:
-- A database of Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms compiled the California Environmental Protection Agency Department of Pesticide Regulation. This edition lists 132 suppliers and over 120 different organisms. This edition includes suppliers in Mexico and Canada as well as the United States.

Accessible from:
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/dprdocs/goodbug/benefic.htm


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