Title: Nematicide - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Headings: Nematicide
Nematicide
Nematicides
Abstract
Pests of farm crops
6.5.3 Nematicides (including soil sterilants)
Pests of farm crops
7.6.3 Nematicides (including soil sterilants)
INSECTS AND OTHER ANIMALS | Nematodes
Preplanting Soil Nematicides
Plant Health Management: Crop Protection with Nematicides
New Approaches
DISEASE | Replant Problems and Soil Sickness
Measures to Control Nematodes
Fruits and Vegetables (including Herbs)
Plant Protection Products
Occupational exposure to chemicals and reproductive health
Male effects
Aldicarb
Uses
Lawn and Turf
47.2.2.3 Nematodes and Nematicides
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Content: After years of optimizing the treatments for microbial pathogen and insect protection, this product branding has now expanded the focus to protection against plant parasitic nematodes. Small amounts of nematicides, tens of grams active ingredient (a.i.) per hectare in the case of abamectin, protect crop seedlings against nematode attack during the most critical time of plant development (Figure 2). This compares favorably to several kilograms a.i. per hectare with soil-applied nematicides. Perhaps most exciting, there are now opportunities for additional modules to support and extend the protection period, for example with foliar nematicide sprays that are taken up by the plant and transported downward to the roots, and/or with biological control agents that interfere with nematode reproduction. Sign in to download full-size image
Figure 2. Cucumber seed coated with the nematicide abamectin (0.3 mg a.i./seed) (right) mitigated early season attack of root knot nematodes ( Meloidogyne incognita) compared to the nontreated control (left). Nematicides are typically uniformly applied throughout a field, although distribution and population density of plant parasitic nematodes are far from uniform. A population density map would allow concentration of nematicide applications only to those areas where nematodes are expected to be present in significant number or to adjust the rate according to the predicted population density.