Review on Control Methods Against Plant Parasitic Nematodes Applied in Southern Member States (C Zone) of the European Union
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agriculture Review Review on Control Methods against Plant Parasitic Nematodes Applied in Southern Member States (C Zone) of the European Union Nicola Sasanelli 1, Alena Konrat 2, Varvara Migunova 3,*, Ion Toderas 4, Elena Iurcu-Straistaru 4, Stefan Rusu 4, Alexei Bivol 4, Cristina Andoni 4 and Pasqua Veronico 1 1 Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, CNR, St. G. Amendola 122/D, 70126 Bari, Italy; [email protected] (N.S.); [email protected] (P.V.) 2 Federal State Budget Scientific Institution “Federal Scientific Centre VIEV” (FSC VIEV) of RAS, Bolshaya Cheryomushkinskaya 28, 117218 Moscow, Russia; [email protected] 3 A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, 119071 Moscow, Russia 4 Institute of Zoology, MECC, Str. Academiei 1, 2028 Chisinau, Moldova; [email protected] (I.T.); [email protected] (E.I.-S.); [email protected] (S.R.); [email protected] (A.B.); [email protected] (C.A.) * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: The European legislative on the use of different control strategies against plant-parasitic nematodes, with particular reference to pesticides, is constantly evolving, sometimes causing confu- Citation: Sasanelli, N.; Konrat, A.; sion in the sector operators. This article highlights the nematode control management allowed in the Migunova, V.; Toderas, I.; C Zone of the European Union, which includes the use of chemical nematicides (both fumigant and Iurcu-Straistaru, E.; Rusu, S.; Bivol, non-fumigant), agronomic control strategies (crop rotations, biofumigation, cover crops, soil amend- A.; Andoni, C.; Veronico, P. Review ments), the physical method of soil solarization, the application of biopesticides (fungi, bacteria and on Control Methods against Plant their derivatives) and plant-derived formulations. The authors analyze the use of these strategies Parasitic Nematodes Applied in and substances in organic agriculture as well as in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs. Southern Member States (C Zone) of the European Union. Agriculture 2021, 11, 602. https://doi.org/10.3390/ Keywords: biopesticides; chemicals; EU legislation; nematode control strategies; plant extracts agriculture11070602 Academic Editors: Sarah J. Pethybridge and Frank Hay 1. Introduction Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) can severely damage plants and cause significant Received: 4 June 2021 yield losses to numerous vegetable crops [1–3]. The degree of plant growth impairment Accepted: 24 June 2021 caused by PPNs may depend on the nematode species, physiological race and the initial Published: 28 June 2021 nematode population density in the soil at sowing or transplanting. In the case of high levels of soil infestation (>64 eggs and juveniles/mL soil), they can completely destroy Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral the crop as the plants may die [1]. They can interact with soilborne plant pathogens with regard to jurisdictional claims in causing greater severity of symptoms (yellowing, stunting growth, wilting, dwarfism) of published maps and institutional affil- plant disease [4–6]. Seinhorst’s equation y = m + (1 − m) z(P−T) describes the relationship iations. between nematode population density and crops (Figure1)[ 7,8]. Therefore, nematode control strategies are required to limit nematode population density to no-damage levels. The latest European Legislations (Reg. (EU) 2005/396; 2007/1095; 2009/1107; 2016/2031; 2019/1702; 2019/2072; EC Directives 2009/127 and 128) have been deeply revised and Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. restricted the use of pesticides on agricultural crops focusing attention on environmental Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. safety, human and animal health. Plant protection strategies against PPNs, insects and This article is an open access article soil-borne plant pathogens should therefore rely on alternative control measures that are distributed under the terms and both environmentally sound and economically sustainable. conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). Agriculture 2021, 11, 602. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11070602 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/agriculture Agriculture 2021, 11, 602 2 of 19 Agriculture 2021, 11, 602 2 of 19 Figure 1. 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