FAQ Nematodes
not outside a host. Only if the nematode
is in the host and the temperature is not too low is there a small chance that the nematodes can overwinter.
However [...] host. Once in contact
with a host, they try to penetrate it through a body opening. In the host, the nematodes release a bacterium
that can kill the host [...] conditions, a nematode will
first have to look for a host. The effect of treatment is thus strongly dependent on how quickly a nematode has
found a host.
Is the