Interaction of Four Soybean Cultivars with Subsoiling and a Nematicide

Authors

  • N. A. Minton
  • M. B. Parker

Abstract

Yields of four soybean, Gh'cine max, cultivars wcrc increased with subsoiling under the row and application of the nematicide, DBCP i 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane) in Tiflon sandy loam heavily infested with the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. These cultivars represent four maturity groups: very early (V), "Essex', early (VI), "Davis': medium (VII), 'Ransom'; and late (VIII), ' Hutton ' . The average increase for the four cullixars was about the same for subsoiling or DBCP. When the treatmcnts were used together, the increase was greater than when either was used alone, but the effects were not additive. Increased yields were obtained with subsoiling and DBCP for the most nematode resistant cultivar, Hutton, as well as for the most susccptiblc, Davis. Subsoiling reduced root-knot galling in nonfumigated plots but did not affect it in fumigated plots. On 12 September, M. incognita larvae were most numerous at the 0- to 20 cm depth, intermediate at 20 to 33 cm depth and least numerous at 33 to 46 cm depth, Subsoiling did not affect larval populations at the three levels. Key Words: nematode control.

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1975-01-15

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