ABSTRACT
Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) are a phytosanitary problem in many crops around the world, these organisms cause diseases, and if they are not controlled, they can be lethal for the plants. Although PPNs do not receive farmers’ attention, there are studies to develop alternatives to the chemical nematicides. One of these alternatives is the phytochemical compounds (PCs) from the desert plants, which have presented promising results in many studies. The present contribution presents a broad vision of nematodes and the main species of PPNs in agriculture and describes desert plants with PCs with nematicidal activity and some action modes of these PCs on the PPNs.
