What’s Inside

• Fast facts & identification — common symptoms (wilting, stunting, chlorosis) and how to confirm by checking for root galls.
• Five Pillars of Management — Crop Rotation, Cultivar Selection, Soil Management, Targeted Control, and Monitoring.
• Crop Rotation tools — mustard bio-fumigation, French marigolds (nemastatic), and non-host/starvation crops like sorghum-sudangrass.
• Cultivar strategy — how to use RKN-resistant vs tolerant varieties (with examples in tomatoes, peppers, sweet potatoes, okra, squash).
• Soil Management — build biologically active soil (compost/castings, cover crops, aeration + mineral amendments, keep living roots).
• Targeted controls — beneficial nematodes & mycorrhizae, organic/bio-nematicides (e.g., saponins, abamectin); when to consider solarization.
• Monitoring — inspect roots, track results each season, and use nematode assay labs to guide next actions.