Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Crop rotation is a key to successful vegetable production. However, land limitations often make long term rotations difficult. Shorter rotations lead to a buildup of pests, with soil borne diseases and nematodes… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland, jbrust@umd.edu Each year I put this information out near the end of a growing season in the hopes that growers will take a look in their fields for root knot nematode problems… Continue Reading
Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Soybean Cyst Nematode consistently ranks as the most yield limiting pathogen of soybeans across the US, with root knot nematodes not far behind in the southern to mid-Atlantic regions of the US. Soybean… Continue Reading
Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Root knot nematodes (RKN) are plant pathogenic roundworms that live in the soil. The southern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) is common across Delaware and can be yield limiting to soybeans, lima beans, snap… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Delmarva watermelon growers have challenges from two soil borne pests, Fusarium Wilt, and Southern Root Knot nematodes. Current management practices include long rotations with non-hosts, soil applied fungicides and soil applied nematicides.… Continue Reading
