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Damage to Glasshouse Lettuce by Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb, 1917) Chitwood and Oteifa, 1952
Author(s) -
Winfield A.L.,
Kingham H. G.,
Young C. J.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-3059
pISSN - 0032-0862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3059.1973.tb01794.x
Subject(s) - pratylenchus penetrans , oxamyl , biology , nematode , pratylenchus , agronomy , greenhouse , nematology , nematode infection , sowing , horticulture , ecology
SUMMARY The lesion nematode Pratylenchus penetrans was associated with stunting and reduced production of glasshouse lettuce crops on several smallholdings in Cambridgeshire in 1972. Short‐duration pot experiments in which oxamyl* was used to control the nematodes showed that damage in untreated soil began soon after lettuces were transplanted. P. penetrans was probably the cause of the poor growth both in untreated soil in pots and in the commercial crops.