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<p>Soil treatments with formulated plant biomasses or waste materials can be an effective alternative to green manure crops for a sustainable management of root-knot nematode infestations. The suppressive performance of soil amendments with three commercial formulations of defatted seed meal from <italic>Brassica carinata</italic>, dry biomass of <italic>Medicago sativa</italic> and pressed pulp from <italic>Beta vulgaris</italic> was comparatively evaluated on the root knot nematode <italic>Meloidogyne incognita</italic> both on potted and field tomato (cv. Regina) trials. Products were applied at rates of 10, 20, 30 or 40 g/kg and 20 and 40 T/ ha soil in pots and field, respectively. Soil non treated or treated with the nematicide Oxamyl were used as controls in both experiments. Amendments in potted soil significantly reduced <italic>M. incognita</italic> infestation on tomato roots compared to both the untreated control and treatment with Oxamyl, also increasing tomato plant growth up to the 30 g/kg soil rate. At the end of the field tomato crop, soil population density of <italic>M. incognita</italic> resulted significantly reduced by all the tested treatments, whereas tomato yield was significantly higher than the untreated control only at the lowest amendment rate. Soil amendments with the materials tested in this study demonstrated to be a potential additional tool for a satisfactory and safe management of root-knot nematodes.</p></abstract>

Soil treatments with formulated plant biomasses or waste materials can be an effective alternative to green manure crops for a sustainable management of root-knot nematode infestations. The suppressive performance of soil amendments with three commercial formulations of defatted seed meal from Brassica carinata, dry biomass of Medicago sativa and pressed pulp from Beta vulgaris was comparatively evaluated on the root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita both on potted and field tomato (cv. Regina) trials. Products were applied at rates of 10, 20, 30 or 40 g/kg and 20 and 40 T/ ha soil in pots and field, respectively. Soil non treated or treated with the nematicide Oxamyl were used as controls in both experiments. Amendments in potted soil significantly reduced M. incognita infestation on tomato roots compared to both the untreated control and treatment with Oxamyl, also increasing tomato plant growth up to the 30 g/kg soil rate. At the end of the field tomato crop, soil population density of M. incognita resulted significantly reduced by all the tested treatments, whereas tomato yield was significantly higher than the untreated control only at the lowest amendment rate. Soil amendments with the materials tested in this study demonstrated to be a potential additional tool for a satisfactory and safe management of root-knot nematodes.

Suppressiveness of soil amendments with pelleted plant materials on the root-knot nematode <italic>Meloidogyne incognita</italic>

Helminthologia

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Suppressiveness of soil amendments with pelleted plant materials on the root-knot nematode 

Soil treatments with formulated plant biomasses or waste materials can be an effective alternative to green manure crops for a sustainable management of...

Suppressiveness of soil amendments with pelleted plant materials on the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Nov 19, 2020

Page range: 376 - 383

Received: May 04, 2020

Accepted: Jul 06, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2020-0039

Keywords
Nematode management, soil amendments, defatted seed meals, sugar beet pulp

© 2020 T. D’Addabbo, V. D. Migunova, M. Renčo, N. Sasanelli, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Suppressiveness of soil amendments with pelleted plant materials on the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Nov 19, 2020

Page range: 376 - 383

Received: May 04, 2020

Accepted: Jul 06, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2020-0039

KeywordsNematode management, soil amendments, defatted seed meals, sugar beet pulp

© 2020 T. D’Addabbo, V. D. Migunova, M. Renčo, N. Sasanelli, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Nematode management, soil amendments, defatted seed meals, sugar beet pulp