INTERPRETATION OF LABORATORY REPORTS:

• SUITABILITY OF SAMPLE
• EFFICIENCY OF EXTRACTION METHOD
• PATHOGENICITY OF NEMATODES PRESENT
• BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT MIGHT INFLUENCE PATHOGENICITY

Once nematodes have been extracted and identified, the information can be utilized to try to determine if a nematode problem exists. This requires a combination of science, experience, art and intuition. Four major factors to consider are how likely the sample is to have yielded useful information, what portion of the nematodes present in the sample were extracted by the methods used, and whether or not the nematodes extracted are known to be pathogenic. If pathogenic nematodes are present, assessing how biological and environmental factors might influence pathogenicity in a given situation is a consideration.

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