Factors Influencing the Movement of Nematodes in Soil

Abstract

The soil constitutes a very complex environment. Variations in its many constituents could produce readily detectable soil differences within areas of a few m2 or even less, while on a world-wide scale the scope for variety is infinite. The constituent parts of a soil are, in turn, subject to a wide range of factors, both internal and external, which exert major influences on the soil as an environment. All these factors are of the greatest importance to soil-inhabiting nematodes, controlling many aspects of their behaviour as well as largely determining the ability of any given species to survive or multiply.