AbstractThis chapters describes the morphology and identification, life cycle and behaviour, host reaction, dispersal, ecology, host range and distribution, molecular diagnosis, interaction with other pathogens, management and control of migratory endoparasitic nematodes, including the lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus spp.), burrowing nematodes (Radopholus spp.), anguinids and the stem and bulb nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci), the bud and leaf nematodes (Aphelenchoides fragariae and A. ritzemabosi).