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Effects of three rates of aldicarb and of different degrees of resistance and tolerance in potato cultivars on yield and post‐harvest population densities of the potato cyst nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida
Author(s) -
TRUDGILL D. L.,
MATHIAS P. L.,
TONES S. J.
Publication year - 1985
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/j.1744-7348.1985.tb01565.x
Subject(s) - aldicarb , biology , globodera pallida , cultivar , globodera rostochiensis , potato cyst nematode , agronomy , population density , population , nematode , industrial crop , pest analysis , yield (engineering) , oxamyl , solanaceae , horticulture , pesticide , ecology , gene , metallurgy , biochemistry , materials science , demography , sociology
SUMMARY Three field experiments were made to determine the effectiveness of small‐plot trials in detecting differences between potato cultivars/clones in their tolerance of damage by potato cyst‐nematodes. A nematicide (aldicarb) was applied at three rates to decrease nematode damage. The largest rate of aldicarb increased tuber yields most but the relationship between yield response and nematicide rate was not linear. The yield increases of the cultivars and clones differed, indicating that they have different degrees of tolerance of potato cyst nematodes. The results were analysed in several ways and the untreated yield as a proportion of the treated provided the best means of expressing and comparing tolerance; but whichever method was used the tolerance rankings of the cultivars and clones were similar. At two sites infested with Globodera rostochiensis , the rankings of the 10 cultivars and clones were similar but at a third site, heavily infested with G. pallida , they were different. Aldicarb decreased the nematode population density after harvest at the G. pallida site but was less effective at the G. rostochiensis sites, which were less heavily infested. Growing resistant or partially resistant potatoes usually prevented nematode increase, and the more resistant cultivars and clones decreased population densities markedly.