Factors affecting population trends of plant-parasitic nematodes on rangeland grasses

The effects of environmental conditions on population trends of plant-parasitic nematodes were studied in experimental plots of five wheatgrasses in the western Utah desert. In a 3-year (1984-86) field study, soil water and temperature affected the population trends of the ectoparasites, Tylenchorhy...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of nematology. - 1969. - 28(1996), 1 vom: 01. März, Seite 107-14
1. Verfasser: Griffin, G D (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Asay, K H, Horton, W H
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1996
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of nematology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Agropyron cristatura Elytrigia repens X Pseudoroegneri spicata Pascopyrum smithii Pratylenchus neglectus RS-1 hybrid Thinopyrum intermedium Tylenchorhynchus acutoides ecology nematode mehr... population dynamics soil temperature soil water wheatgrasses, Xiphinema americanum
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Zusammenfassung:The effects of environmental conditions on population trends of plant-parasitic nematodes were studied in experimental plots of five wheatgrasses in the western Utah desert. In a 3-year (1984-86) field study, soil water and temperature affected the population trends of the ectoparasites, Tylenchorhynchus acutoides and Xiphinema americanum, and the migratory endoparasite, Pratylenchus neglectus, on Fairway crested wheatgrass, Agropyron cristatum; 'Hycrest' crested wheatgrass, A. cristatum X A. desertorura; 'Rosana' western wheatgrass, Pascopyrum smithii; 'Oahe' intermediate wheatgrass, Thinopyrum intermedium; and RS-1 hybrid (Elytrigia repens X Pseudoroegneria spicata). The largest soil populations of these nematode species were collected in 1984 under good plant-growth conditions. A reduction in nematode populations occurred in 1985 and 1986, possibly because of low soil-water conditions. There was a positive relationship between high soil water and maximum population densities of T. acutoides in the spring and fall of 1984, and between low soil water and minimum population densities of the nematode in 1985 and 1986. Pratylenchus neglectus populations were affected by soil water, although to a lesser degree than the ectoparasitic nematodes. Population densities of the three nematode species were significantly lower in the drier years of 1985 and 1986 than in 1984. Nematode populations were greater at the lower soil depths in the fall than in the spring or summer
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Date Revised 20.10.2021
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Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:0022-300X