Nematode persistence after fumigation: a methodological problem
McSorley, R.; Parrado, J.L.
Journal of Nematology 16(2): 209-211
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-300X PMID: 19295903 Document Number: 229315
A field experiment in Florida, USA, using 4 treatments: (i) methyl bromide (98%) + chloropicrin (2%) applied as 280 kg Dowfume MC-2/ha and covered with a thin plastic mulch; (ii) sodium methyl dithiocarbamate (32.7%) drenched onto the soil as 933 l Vapam in 51 kl of water/ha and left uncovered; (iii) plastic mulch without fumigation; and (iv) check, without plastic mulch or fumigation showed, that live numbers of Rotylenchulus reniformis and Helicotylenchus dihystera were reduced within 3 days. Different results were obtained when total numbers (live and dead) were considered, as differences among treatments were not then apparent until 7-12 days after fumigation.