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B.K. Senapati; Biotic interactions between soil Nematodes and Earthworms. Soil Biol.Biochem. 24(12):1441-1444, 1992
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Biotic interactions between soil nematodes with live earthworms and dead worm tissue have been studied. Simultaneous enhancement of microbivore nematode activity and inhibition of plant parasitic nematodes by earthworm participation indicates the importance of the soil fauna in ecological agriculture through fauna-fauna interactions. Dead worm tissue also stimulated microbivore nematodes. The biocatalytic role of earthworms in soil metabolism is stressed.