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- Title
CONTROL OF POTATO ROOT EELWORM IN A GLASSHOUSE SOIL WITH A FORMULATION OF METHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE.
- Authors
Peachey, J. E.; Collingwood, C. A.; Rao, G. N.
- Abstract
This article presents the results of an experiment on the control of potato root eelworm in a glasshouse soil with a formulation of methyl isothiocyanate. A formulation of 20 per cent methyl isothiocyanate in xylol was applied at 125 milliliter/square meter to plots of glasshouse soil infested with potato root eelworm, 34 days before planting with tomatoes. Live eggs, hatched larvae, larvae in roots and larvae in soil after treatment, and live eggs after harvest, were counted. Assays agreed in their estimates of kill, but counts of live eggs underestimated kill. Injection gave a 93-99 per cent kill and was superior to surface sprinkling of the sterilant and sealing with waterproof paper, which gave a kill of 82-85 percent. Plant height and tomato fruit production were increased by treatment.
- Subjects
PEST control; GOLDEN nematode; METHYL isocyanate; TOMATOES; GREENHOUSE plants
- Publication
Plant Pathology, 1963, Vol 12, Issue 2, p84
- ISSN
0032-0862
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3059.1963.tb00219.x