Predactious fungiDactylaria pyriformis andDactylaria thaumasia: Production of attractants and nematicides

Dactylaria pyriformis Juniper andDactylaria thaumasia Drechsler are predacious fung forming three-edimensional sticky reticula in which nematodes are captured. It was shown by methods developed in our laboratory that in submerged cultivations both of these fungi produce substances attracting nematodes and compounds having nematicidal activity.