Nematology

Branch of science deals with diverse group of round worms that live in a wide range of environments including soil and fresh and salt.
Nematodes that parasitize plants and are called Plant-parasitic nematodes.
  • Nematodes are thread-like roundworms that live in a wide range of environments including soil and fresh and salt water.
  • The life cycle of a nematode includes eggs, juveniles and adults, and they can overwinter at any of these stages.
  • Most Plant parasitic nematodes feed by piercing and killing root cells with needle-like structures called stylets.
  • Common symptoms caused by nematodes includes lesion, galls, cyst formation, yellowing, stunting, wilting.
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Potato Cyst Nematode
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Red Ringnematode In Coconut

Lab work

  • Lab testing starts with collection of infested/suspected sample followed by extraction of nematodes by various method (Barman’s funnel method, cobb’s sieves technique) and preparation of slide mounts for microscopic observation of nematodes.
Nemotode Extraction Unit
Nemotode Extraction Unit
Nemotode Extraction Unit
Sample Weighed For Nematode Extraction
Extraction Of Nematode By Cobb’S Sieve Technique
Extraction Of Nematode By Cobb’S Sieve Technique
Extraction Of Nematode Using Bermanns Funnel Method
Extraction Of Nematode Using Bermanns Funnel Method
Extraction Of Nematode Using Bermanns Funnel Method
Microscopic Observation