Reniform Nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis) Development Across the Variable Soil Texture In a Commerce Silt Loam Field

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Royal (Orlando World Center Marriott)
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Royal (Orlando World Center Marriott)
Friday, January 6, 2012
Royal (Orlando World Center Marriott)
Déborah M. Xavier , LSU AgCenter
Charles Overstreet , LSU Agricultural Center, Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology
Manjula T. Kularathna , LSU Agricultural Center
Claudia M. Martin , Dept. of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology
Dennis Burns , LSU Agricultural Center
R. L. Frazier , LSU Agricultural Center
I will show some of my research on reniform nematode and Commerce Silt Loam soils. There is considerable variability in texture within this important soil group in Louisiana. In my research, I'm interested in the influence of soil texture on nematode population development.