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Effect of tillage, subsidiary crops and fertilisation on plant‐parasitic nematodes in a range of agro‐environmental conditions within Europe
Author(s) -
Schmidt J.H.,
Bergkvist G.,
Campiglia E.,
Radicetti E.,
Wittwer R.A.,
Finckh M.R.,
Hallmann J.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/aab.12389
Subject(s) - biology , agronomy , tillage , pratylenchus , cover crop , helicotylenchus , nematode , ecology
The effects of tillage on plant‐parasitic nematodes were generally minor, although no tillage in Italy supported higher densities of Pratylenchus (184 nematodes per 100 ml soil) than inversion tillage (59 nematodes per 100 ml soil). Pratylenchus densities were 160 nematodes per 100 ml soil when leguminous subsidiary crops were grown, 122 nematodes per 100 ml soil in the green fallow, and 84 nematodes per 100 ml soil after growing black oat (Avena strigosa) or oilseed radish (Raphanus sativus). Crop rotations including specific subsidiary crops are therefore prominent factors affecting indigenous nematode communities, while tillage and fertilizer are of lower importance.