Plant-parasitic Nematode Distributions in an Alfalfa Field

A 7-ha alfalfa field (Medicago saliva L. cv Mesa Sirsa) was sampled systematically on a 6 x 6-m grid by removing individual cores (2.54 cm diam) to a depth of 45 cm from each of the 1,936 grid intersections. The soil was mainly coarse-textured with a fine-textured streak running centrally, north to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of nematology. - 1969. - 12(1980), 2 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 136-41
1. Verfasser: Goodell, P (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Ferris, H
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1980
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of nematology
Schlagworte:Journal Article negative binomial model population distribution sampling
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Zusammenfassung:A 7-ha alfalfa field (Medicago saliva L. cv Mesa Sirsa) was sampled systematically on a 6 x 6-m grid by removing individual cores (2.54 cm diam) to a depth of 45 cm from each of the 1,936 grid intersections. The soil was mainly coarse-textured with a fine-textured streak running centrally, north to south. Nematodes were extracted by a semiautomatic elutriator and sugar flotation-sieving technique. Five plant-parasitic species were consistently present: Meloidogyne arenaria, Pratylenchus minyus, Merlinius brevidens, Helicotylenchus digonicus, and Paratrichodorus minor. All species had a highly skewed nonnormal frequency distribution that departed significantly from randontness. Goodness-of-fit tests on the distribution of five populations in the entire field showed that three (Meloidogyne, Merlinius, and Helicotylenchus) were described by a negative binomial. When the samples were categorized by soil texture (coarse vs. fine-textured), all populations in the fine-textured areas, and three populations (Meloidogyne, Pratylenchus, and Merlinius) in the coarse areas, fitted a negative binomial distribution. Nearly all populations titted a negative binomial when the frequency distributions from randomly located one-meter-square areas were examined for each species
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Date Revised 20.10.2021
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Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:0022-300X