The plant parasitic nematodes are the hidden enemies of many crops causing huge losses by infecting individually or causing complex disease by interacting with other plant pathogens. The horticultural crops are the cash crop of growers and because of their high nutrient value, the production cost is also high. For getting off-season products, protected cultivation is getting beneficial for handsome earning of cultivators but due to plant parasitic nematodes, the quality and quantity of these produce are hampered and proper return could not be achieved in market. Since these organisms are microscopic and most of them are found in soil so, they could not get noticed. Their population could not be irradicated because of their high population and very well developed survival strategy. So, managing them below economic damaging level, certainly helps in enhancing the quality of produce and good return to the farmers.
Fruits, flowers, plant parasitic nematodes, management, vegetables
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