Use of Plant Material in the Management of Plant Parasitic Nematodes

Abstract

Use of synthetic chemicals creates significant environmental dangers, which is a significant global issue. As a result, researchers have looked into plant materials and taken on the challenge of finding more environmentally friendly alternatives. As organic soil amendments, dried leaves, seed powders and cakes, tree fibers, and green manures all possess nematicidal qualities. It is permitted to combine them with other cultural techniques as an organic soil addition. They might be extracted chemically using acetone, methanol, or ethanol, or they could be prepared as aqueous extracts, root extracts, or exudates for use as extracts. They were used as a soil drench, a root dip, and as a foliar application. The plant materials have a significant impact on altering the soil’s ecosystem, and if properly developed, they could result in the long-awaited ecological alternatives to synthetic nematicides. It would be cheap for the resource-strapped subsistence farmer to control plant parasitic nematodes by utilizing botanical nematicides.