Friday, January 12, 2007 - 9:15 AM

Impact of Crop Rotation and Fumigation on Cotton Production in Reniform Infested Fields

William S. Gazaway, Katheryn Lawrence, and James R. Akridge. Auburn University, 151 ALFA Building, 961 South Donahue Drive, Auburn University, AL 36849

The cotton rotation test is a long term study designed to identify suitable non-host crops which will improve cotton production in fields infested with high populations of reniform nematodes (Rotylenchulus reniformis). Currently, summer crops (corn, soybean, and peanut) are grown in a one, two or three year rotation with one year of cotton. One half of the cotton following these rotation systems is fumigated with Telone II to determine if cotton yields can be further increased with a nematicide following crop rotation.

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