Soil amendments with powdered seeds of Trigonella foenum - graecum (fenugreek) caused soil suppressiveness against Meloidogyne javanica. Decomposed seeds of fenugreek caused marked reduction in nematode population densities and subsequent root-knot development as compared to the aqueous extract of the seeds indicating that some indirect factors are involved in the suppression of root-knot nematode. Both decomposed seeds and aqueous extracts enhanced plant height and fresh weights of Dat whereas root growth remained uninfluenced. Changes in fungal communities associated with nematode control were studied by comparing population numbers of :ngi in the soil and in internal root tissues (endorhiza) in non-amended and fenugreekanded soils. Acremonium sp., Chaetomium globosum, Fusarium solani, Macropho'na plwseolina and Rhizoctonia solani were found to colonize inner root tissues of ugbean. Acremonium sp., C. globosum and F.solani were isolated in a relatively her frequency from roots growing in the amended soils while M. phaseolina and R.solani colonized greatly in roots growing in non-amended soil. Of the fungi isolated soils, Penicillium brefaldianum caused maximum juvenile mortality of M. javanica whereas F.solani caused greatest inhibition of egg hatch.