Sal, You might want to contact Joe Kimpinski and Claude Gallant, Research Sta.,
Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, and Roger Henry, Prince Edward Department of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Charlottestown, P.E.I., Canada. In a
recent Compost Sci & Technol, the researchers indicated that they were current-
ly assessing the survival of plant parasitic and bacterial feeding nematodes
during the preparation of compost and monitoring soil nematode populations
after application of compost. Perhaps they have some leads concerning the use
of compost as a nematacide in addition to its capabilities as a suppressant of
certain soil borne diseases.
Greg Evanylo