Short and strong stylet with well- developed basal knobs.

[1] Nematode becomes a concern to farmers when the number feeding on the roots exceeds a certain threshold, above which the plant is unable to grow normally.

[2] The economic damage from lesion nematodes is often underestimated because above-ground symptoms are not always obvious.

No recent data are available regarding damage caused by these pathogens to this crop, but it is known that controlling them raises yields by between 8% and 40%, depending on the species of nematode and hybrid planted.

However, this management has a temporary effect because a high concentration of these nematodes will be resurged within a year of growing fields.

However, because rice is normally grown in standing water, most of the nematodes are killed by the flooded conditions.

[5] Using oil cake from neem (Azadirachta indica), karanj (Pongamia pinnata), Indian mustard (Brassica juncea), polanga (Calophyllum inophyllum), groundnuts (Arachis hypogaea), mahua (Madhuca longifolia) and cotton (Gossypium sp.)