A holistic approach to controlling nematodes
Most people tend to underestimate the vital role that soil biodiversity plays in the ecosystem services on which all life on Earth depends.
According to the World Wide Fund for Nature’s ‘Living Planet Report 2020’, up to 90% of living organisms in terrestrial ecosystems, including some pollinators, spend part of their life cycle in soil habitats. In addition, the report says, aside from food production, soil biodiversity provides a vast range of ecosystem functions and services, including soil formation, the retention and purification of water, nutrient cycling and the regulation of greenhouse gases, as well as sustaining plant, animal and human health.
“Without soil biodiversity, terrestrial ecosystems
