date:Jul 17, 2018
pply with regards to the attraction or rejection of migratory nematodes by the root system of the plant.
This principle is chemotaxis and was highlighted by A.M. Reynolds in a 2011 paper. It is the primary means by which nematodes locate host plants, moving in the direction of higher concentrations of semiochemicals such as plant chemical signals. Nematodes are attracted to plant roots via soluble and gaseous attractants produced by the root itself or by attendant rhizosphere micro-organisms.