Cover crops and nematicides: comprehensive nematode IPM across the grove landscape

Cover crops and nematicides: comprehensive nematode IPM across the grove landscape

Report Date: 04/03/2020
Project: 18-036C   Year: 2020
Category: Horticultural & Management
Author: Larry Duncan
Sponsor: Citrus Research and Development Foundation

  No work other than weeding and maintenance of irrigation equipment in the perennial peanut plots was done in the two trials at Frostproof.A site near Ft. Pierce was sampled twice to characterize sting nematode population patterns.  The site had previously been a young grove that was removed due to drainage issues and extensive damage by sting nematode.  We abandoned the trial when the grower decided to plant trees on beds covered by landscape fabric mulch (for water conservation and faster tree growth).  Fabric would preclude sampling to document the effects of nematicides on the nematode populations.  Sampling is ongoing in neighboring groves of young trees to establish a trial in the flatwoods.   


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