Isolating And Identifying The Effect Of Nematode Disease On Plant. An Experiment Using Soil Samples And Plant Materials

            The word Nematode is derived from the Greek word, what is the word?. Meaning “thread like ones” (nema means “thread” and ode means “like”). Nematodes can therefore be described as thread-like worms. (dropking 2001). Nematodes, eelworms and round worms are synonymous for the same group of organisms. The Phylum Nemata, to which nematodes belong occupies an intermediate position between the Phyla Platy helminthes (these include flukes and tapeworms) and Annelida (which include the common earthworms) (Duncaa, 200).       …