scholarly journals Optimizing Safe Approaches to Manage Plant-Parasitic Nematodes

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1911
Author(s):  
Mahfouz M. M. Abd-Elgawad
Keyword(s):  
Crop Yields ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Soil Microbiome ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Safe Alternative ◽  
Microbial Groups ◽  
Plant Parasitic

Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) infect and cause substantial yield losses of many foods, feed, and fiber crops. Increasing concern over chemical nematicides has increased interest in safe alternative methods to minimize these losses. This review focuses on the use and potential of current methods such as biologicals, botanicals, non-host crops, and related rotations, as well as modern techniques against PPNs in sustainable agroecosystems. To evaluate their potential for control, this review offers overviews of their interactions with other biotic and abiotic factors from the standpoint of PPN management. The positive or negative roles of specific production practices are assessed in the context of integrated pest management. Examples are given to reinforce PPN control and increase crop yields via dual-purpose, sequential, and co-application of agricultural inputs. The involved PPN control mechanisms were reviewed with suggestions to optimize their gains. Using the biologicals would preferably be backed by agricultural conservation practices to face issues related to their reliability, inconsistency, and slow activity against PPNs. These practices may comprise offering supplementary resources, such as adequate organic matter, enhancing their habitat quality via specific soil amendments, and reducing or avoiding negative influences of pesticides. Soil microbiome and planted genotypes should be manipulated in specific nematode-suppressive soils to conserve native biologicals that serve to control PPNs. Culture-dependent techniques may be expanded to use promising microbial groups of the suppressive soils to recycle in their host populations. Other modern techniques for PPN control are discussed to maximize their efficient use.

The impact of management strategies on the development and status of potato cyst nematode populations in Switzerland: An overview from 1958 to present

Plant Disease ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Caroline Ruthes ◽  
Paul Dahlin
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Management ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Cyst Nematode ◽  
Globodera Pallida ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Plant Parasitic

Globodera rostochiensis and Globodera pallida are some of the most successful and highly specialized plant-parasitic nematodes, and appear among the most regulated quarantine pests globally. In Switzerland, they have been monitored by annual surveys since their first detection in Swiss soil, in 1958. The dataset created was reviewed to give an overview of the development and actual status of PCN in Switzerland. Positive fields represent 0.2% of all the samples analyzed, and currently their distribution is limited to central-west and western Switzerland, suggesting that new introduction of PCN and the spread of the initial introduced PCN populations did not occur. In this way, the integrated management used in Switzerland appears to be effective. However, the increasing availability of potato varieties with resistance to G. rostochiensis and the limited availability of varieties with resistance to G. pallida, together with other biotic and abiotic factors promoted changes in the dominance of either species. Consequently, an extended monitoring program would be of interest to Swiss farmers, to avoid favoring virulent traits that could be present within Swiss Globodera populations.

scholarly journals Plants Specifically Modulate the Microbiome of Root-Lesion Nematodes in the Rhizosphere, Affecting Their Fitness

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 679
Author(s):  
Ahmed Elhady ◽  
Olivera Topalović ◽  
Holger Heuer
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Root Exudates ◽  
Plant Protection ◽  
Nematode Species ◽  
Soil Microbiome ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Ethiopian Mustard ◽  
Specific Subset ◽  
Plant Parasitic

Plant-parasitic nematodes are a major constraint on agricultural production. They significantly impede crop yield. To complete their parasitism, they need to locate, disguise, and interact with plant signals exuded in the rhizosphere of the host plant. A specific subset of the soil microbiome can attach to the surface of nematodes in a specific manner. We hypothesized that host plants recruit species of microbes as helpers against attacking nematode species, and that these helpers differ among plant species. We investigated to what extend the attached microbial species are determined by plant species, their root exudates, and how these microbes affect nematodes. We conditioned the soil microbiome in the rhizosphere of different plant species, then employed culture-independent and culture-dependent methods to study microbial attachment to the cuticle of the phytonematode Pratylenchus penetrans. Community fingerprints of nematode-attached fungi and bacteria showed that the plant species govern the microbiome associated with the nematode cuticle. Bacteria isolated from the cuticle belonged to Actinobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Sphingobacteria, and Firmicutes. The isolates Microbacterium sp. i.14, Lysobacter capsici i.17, and Alcaligenes sp. i.37 showed the highest attachment rates to the cuticle. The isolates Bacillus cereus i.24 and L. capsici i.17 significantly antagonized P. penetrans after attachment. Significantly more bacteria attached to P. penetrans in microbiome suspensions from bulk soil or oat rhizosphere compared to Ethiopian mustard rhizosphere. However, the latter caused a better suppression of the nematode. Conditioning the cuticle of P. penetrans with root exudates significantly decreased the number of Microbacterium sp. i.14 attaching to the cuticle, suggesting induced changes of the cuticle structure. These findings will lead to a more knowledge-driven exploitation of microbial antagonists of plant-parasitic nematodes for plant protection.

scholarly journals Studies on Population Dynamics of Pratylenchus sp. (Filipjev, 1936) about Soil Abiotic Factor in the Mulberry Field at Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (S1-Feb) ◽  
pp. 67-72
Author(s):  
Avhad Sunil B ◽  
Hiware Chandrashekhar J
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Morus Alba ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Abiotic Factor ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic

In the present study, the monthly population fluctuation of Pratylenchus sp. (Filipjev, 1936) is ascertain about soil temperature, moisture, pH in mulberry (Morus alba L.) field with economic importance within the sericulture. The studies target is to grasp the influence and impact of those soil abiotic factors on the population of those plant-parasitic nematodes and Correlation coefficients (r) between mean population Pratylenchus spand different soil abiotic factors in Aurangabad Mulberry garden.

Diversity and population densities of plant-parasitic nematodes in commercial and smallholder pineapple production in Kenya

Nematology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Agnes W. Kiriga ◽  
Danny Coyne ◽  
Janet G. Atandi ◽  
Nikolai V. Beek ◽  
Solveig Haukeland
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Ananas Comosus ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Yield Reduction ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
High Level ◽  
Plant Parasitic

Summary Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) cause significant yield reduction in commercial pineapple (Ananas comosus) worldwide. In Kenya, few nematode studies have been conducted, although the main commercial pineapple producer has sole dispensation to use Telone II (1,3-Dichloropropene) indicating the magnitude of the nematode problem. This study was conducted with the aim to investigate the population densities and diversity of nematodes in two commercial plantations with two contrasting management practices. We additionally assessed the influence of crop age and compared this with nearby smallholder pineapple production systems. Soil and root samples were collected from fields of different ages in each commercial plantation and from 29 smallholder fields. A total of 18 genera were associated with pineapple, with a relatively greater diversity found in smallholder than commercial farms. The most prevalent genus was Meloidogyne spp. (M. javanica) followed by Helicotylenchus spp., Tylenchus spp. and Aphelenchoides spp. PPN densities were higher in relatively older fields of 24 and 36 months than from fallow and 3-month-old fields. Regression analysis additionally demonstrated the rise of PPN densities with age of pineapple fields, especially Meloidogyne spp., while free-living nematode densities declined. This study provides an indication of the high level of PPN infection in pineapple in Kenya, which would constitute an important factor contributing to low yields. The study confirms an obvious need for pineapple producers to control PPN to improve crop yields.

Organic amendments and their influences on plant-parasitic and free-living nematodes: a promising method for nematode management?

Nematology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim C. Thoden ◽  
Gerard W. Korthals ◽  
Aad J. Termorshuizen
Keyword(s):  
Crop Yields ◽  
Organic Amendments ◽  
Plant Morphology ◽  
Organic Soil ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Nematode Management ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Plant Parasitic

Abstract The use of organic soil amendments, such as green manures, animal manures, composts or slurries, certainly has many advantageous aspects for soil quality and is suggested as a promising tool for the management of plant-parasitic nematodes. However, during a recent literature survey we also found numerous studies reporting an increase of plant-parasitic nematodes after the use of organic amendments. Therefore, we critically re-evaluated the usefulness of organic amendments for nematode management and suggest possible mechanisms for a stimulation of plant-parasitic nematodes, as well as mechanisms that might be causing a reduction of plant-parasitic nematodes. In addition, we also elucidate a possible mechanism that might be responsible for the observed overall positive effects of organic amendments on crop yields. It is likely that a significant part of this is, inter alia, due to the proliferation of non-pathogenic, free-living nematodes and their overall positive effects on soil microbial populations, organic matter decomposition, nutrient availability, plant morphology and ecosystem stability.

scholarly journals Composted Municipal Green Waste Infused with Biocontrol Agents to Control Plant Parasitic Nematodes—A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 2130
Author(s):  
Franciska Tóthné Bogdányi ◽  
Krisztina Boziné Pullai ◽  
Pratik Doshi ◽  
Eszter Erdős ◽  
Lilla Diána Gilián ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control Plant ◽  
Biocontrol Agents ◽  
Soil Microbiome ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Green Waste ◽  
Antagonistic Microorganisms ◽  
Alternative Measures ◽  
Plant Parasitic

The last few years have witnessed the emergence of alternative measures to control plant parasitic nematodes (PPNs). We briefly reviewed the potential of compost and the direct or indirect roles of soil-dwelling organisms against PPNs. We compiled and assessed the most intensively researched factors of suppressivity. Municipal green waste (MGW) was identified and profiled. We found that compost, with or without beneficial microorganisms as biocontrol agents (BCAs) against PPNs, were shown to have mechanisms for the control of plant parasitic nematodes. Compost supports a diverse microbiome, introduces and enhances populations of antagonistic microorganisms, releases nematicidal compounds, increases the tolerance and resistance of plants, and encourages the establishment of a “soil environment” that is unsuitable for PPNs. Our compilation of recent papers reveals that while the scope of research on compost and BCAs is extensive, the role of MGW-based compost (MGWC) in the control of PPNs has been given less attention. We conclude that the most environmentally friendly and long-term, sustainable form of PPN control is to encourage and enhance the soil microbiome. MGW is a valuable resource material produced in significant amounts worldwide. More studies are suggested on the use of MGWC, because it has a considerable potential to create and maintain soil suppressivity against PPNs. To expand knowledge, future research directions shall include trials investigating MGWC, inoculated with BCAs.

Antagonistic role of the microbiome from a Meloidogyne hapla-suppressive soil against species of plant-parasitic nematodes with different life strategies

Nematology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivera Topalović ◽  
Holger Heuer ◽  
Annette Reineke ◽  
Jana Zinkernagel ◽  
Johannes Hallmann
Keyword(s):  
Soil Microbiome ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Life Strategies ◽  
Meloidogyne Hapla ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Suppressive Soil ◽  
Split Root System ◽  
Plant Parasitic

Summary In certain soils populations of plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) decline. Understanding this effect may open up environmentally friendly management options. We identified such a suppressive soil containing virtually no PPN. Inoculated Meloidogyne hapla declined in this soil more than in a control soil and reproduction on tomato was reduced. The extracted soil microbiome alone decreased root invasion of second-stage juveniles (J2) and progeny as well as the native soil. We tested the antagonistic potential against PPN that differ in life strategies. The microbiome was most suppressive against two populations of M. hapla and one population of Pratylenchus neglectus, and least suppressive against M. incognita and the ectoparasite Hemicycliophora conida. In a split-root system with M. hapla, plant-mediated but not direct effects of the microbiome significantly reduced root invasion of J2, while direct exposure of M. hapla to the microbiome significantly affected reproduction. Overall, both plant-mediated and direct effects of the microbiome were responsible for the soil suppressiveness against M. hapla.

scholarly journals Plant parasitic nematodes and their management in the Maritime provinces of Canada

2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kimpinski ◽  
L.S. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Crop Yields ◽  
Nematode Species ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Meloidogyne Hapla ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Root Knot Nematode ◽  
Maritime Provinces ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Plant Parasitic

This paper presents a review of the plant parasitic nematodes that are of concern in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince-Edward-Island, and the approaches used to manage them. The root lesion nematode (Pratylenchus penetrans) is the only nematode species in the region that regularly reduces crop yields. The northern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne hapla) occasionally causes damage to carrots (Daucus carota), but population levels of this nematode species usually are very low. The clover cyst nematode (Heterodera trifolii) is widespread, but has not caused any damage to crops in the region. Management procedures used to reduce the impact of plant parasitic nematodes in the Maritime provinces, e.g. crop rotations, nematicide treatments, enforcement of quarantine regulations, and tillage practices are discussed. A nematode advisory service is also considered.

scholarly journals Fungal and Bacterial Endophytes as Microbial Control Agents for Plant-Parasitic Nematodes

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4269
Author(s):  
K. Kiran Kumar ◽  
Surendra K. Dara
Keyword(s):  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Microbial Control ◽  
In Vivo Studies ◽  
Systemic Resistance ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Bacterial Endophytes ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic

Endophytes are symbiotic microorganisms that colonize plant tissues and benefit plants in multiple ways including induced systemic resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Endophytes can be sustainable alternatives to chemical nematicides and enhance plant health in a variety of cropping and natural environments. Several in vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated the potential of multiple species of Fusarium and Bacillus against plant-parasitic nematodes in horticultural, agricultural, and fodder crops and in forestry. While there were efforts to commercialize some of the endophytes as bionematicides, a lack of good formulations with consistent field efficacy has been a major hurdle in commercializing endophytes for nematode control. Identification of efficacious and environmentally resilient strains, a thorough understanding of their modes of action, interactions with various biotic and abiotic factors, and developing strategies that improve their effectiveness are critical areas to advance the commercialization of bionematicides based on fungal and bacterial endophytes.

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