Re: [compost_tea] Nematodes

From: Nicole Nelson <nnelson8587_at_qwest.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 13:08:53 -0800

I can not resist a comment like this, "Does egg hatch rate as
reporduction?"
Yes.After all without this step it is only fertilization. It is getting
the viable eggs to the hatch that most of the female nematodes
resources are used for. She feeds to grow eggs, get them fertilized,
and lay them in the best environment she can to ensure the hatch is
successful. Assuming the concept of genetic perpetuity is viable then
reproductive success is counted in numbers of offspring able to grow
and reproduce in turn.
Nicole
On Tuesday, February 4, 2003, at 06:57 AM, soilfoodweb_at_aol.com wrote:

>
> Nematodes do not reproduce in compost tea.  If a female has laid eggs
> in the soil or compost, all those eggs hatch, typically, in the
> compost tea however.   So, you can go from a few nematodes per ml of=
 
> tea, to hundreds, not because the nematodes go throug ha life cycle,
> but because egg hatch occurs.  Does egg hatch rate as reporduction? =
 
> Interesting question.  Not really reproduction, but it is an increase
> in living nematode numbers per gram of material.
>
> Hope this helps -
>
> Elaine Ingham
> President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
> Corvallis, OR
> Port Jefferson, NY
> Lismore, NSW, Australia
> Hilversum, The Netherlands
> www.soilfoodweb.com
>



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