Soil disinfection with hot water to control the root-knot nematode and parasitic soil fungi (1920)
Byars, Luther Parris, 1887-, Gilbert, William W. (William Williams), b. 1880 · Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture · leaf 10
fungus infested soil from theprevious bench experiment with the addition of infested soil from thetomato bed used as a stock culture for nematodes. This was thor-oughly mixed and sifted and was further infected with nematodes bymixing with the soil in the pots badly nematode-diseased tomatoroots… … Fig. I.—Tomato Plants from Treated and Untreated 4-Inch Pots of Experi-ment Series I. B, Uninfected healthy roots grown in nematode and fungous infested soil submerged for 2| minutes inboiling water (98° C.) (natural size); A and C, plants with nematode root and stem galls and Rhizoc-tonia root…
Root-knot · Soil disinfection · Soil fungi · Hot water treatment · Heat treatment · Pest management · Pest control · Cultural control · Control methods · Fungal diseases of plants · Soil microorganisms
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