Plant parasitic nematodes are serious concern to organic farming. The symptoms produced by nematodes are resembled with symptoms of water scarcity and nutrient deficiency such as stunting, yellowing, wilting, dieback, etc. Root knot and cyst nematodes are major threat to organic farming as well as conventional farming. In organic farming, crops are grown without addition of synthetic fertilizers and chemicals. Organic agriculture is now on demand not only for human safety but for environmental concern. Nematode management is a difficult task in organic agriculture where synthetic chemicals and transgenic resistant varieties are limit to use for effective nematode management. Once nematodes are introduced in field, cannot eradicate completely. Therefore field sanitization, use of nematode free propagating material should be done to prevent the entry of nematodes in field. Nematodes can manage by several management practices viz. host plant resistance, organic amendments, crop rotation, solarization, biological control, etc. The cultivation of resistant or tolerant crops is economical and easily affordable to farmers. Because of restriction in use of synthetic chemical in organic farming, research aspect should be more focused on cultural practices like host plant resistance and other methods through which nematodes are managed effectively.
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