Charles Overstreet1, E. Burris2, Edward C. McGawley3, G.B. Padgett4, and Maurice Wolcott1. (1) LSU Agricultural Center, Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, 302 Life Sciences Bldg, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (2) LSU AgCenter, LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station, P. O. Box 438, St. Joseph, LA 71366, (3) Dept. of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, 302 Life Science Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (4) LSU AgCenter Northeast Region, 212 Macon Ridge Rd., Winnsboro, LA 71295
Site-specific nematode management incorporates some of the latest technologies toward solving problems facing producers. In soils that are highly variable with texture such as found in the alluvial soils of the Mississippi river, the relationship between nematode populations and damage present in the soil may not be as important as texture and damage potential. Results from several field studies with cotton have indicated little or no crop losses from high population levels of nematodes in some areas of the field while other areas were severely damaged by comparable levels. This paper will present some information about some of these relationships with nematode populations and damage potential in production fields.
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