What are nematodes?
                  What are nematodes?
                 • Unsegmented roundworms
                    Unsegmented roundworms
                 • Aquatic (Live in water)
                    Aquatic (Live in water)
                 • Small
                    Small
                                         
 Nematode Management for Nursery Crops (Ornamentals and Planting Stock of Fruits and Nuts), 2005 UF/IFAS. On the web a http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/NG011
             Where do nematodes live?
             Where do nematodes live?
                                         
 Image: Redrawn by Becky Westerdahl from Ayoub, S.M. 1977. Plant nematology an agricultural training aid. Sacramento California Department of Food and Agriculture, Division 
 of Plant Industry. On the world wide web at http://ucdnema.ucdavis.edu/imagemap/nemmap/Ent156html/intro/WHERE.GIF
       “Good”-vs-“Bad” nematodes
       “Good”-vs-“Bad” nematodes
         • Bacterial feeders
           Bacterial feeders
         •                      “Good guys”
           Fungal feeders       “Good guys”
           Fungal feeders
         • Predators
           Predators
         • Animal-parasites
           Animal-parasites
                                 “Bad guys”
         • Plant-parasites       “Bad guys”
           Plant-parasites
                            
                  Predatory nematodes
                   Predatory nematodes
                                          Mmmm
                                        Tastes like 
                                         chicken!!
                                          
 Image: Courtesy of John Chitambar. On the world wide web at http://ucdnema.ucdavis.edu/imagemap/nemmap/ENT156HTML/slides/fromCD/0847/025B.GIF
                 Intestinal roundworms
                 Intestinal roundworms
                             Ascaris lumbricoides
                                         
 Image: Courtesy of Richard Cyr. On the world wide web at http://courses.bio.psu.edu/fall2005/biol110/tutorials/tutorial39.htm