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Effects of Nematicides on Cotton Root Mycobiota

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Baseline information on the diversity and population densities of fungi collected from soil debris and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) roots was determined. Samples were collected from Tifton, GA, and Starkville, MS containing cotton field soil treated with the nematicides 1,3-dichloroproprene (fumigant) and aldicarb (granules). A total of 10,550 and 13,450 fungal isolates were collected from these two study sites, respectively. Of this total, 34 genera of plant pathogenic or saprophytic species were identified. Pathogenic root fungi included Fusarium spp. (40% of all isolations), Macrophomina, Pythium, Rhizoctonia, and Sclerotium. Fusarium and Rhizoctonia were the most common fungal species identified and included F. oxysporum, F. verticillioides and F. solani, the three Fusarium species pathogenic on cotton plants. Population densities of Fusarium were not significantly different among locations or tissue types sampled. Macrophomina was isolated at greater numbers near the end of the growing seasons. Anastomosis groups of R. solani isolated from roots and soil debris included AG-3, -4, -7, 2-2, and -13 and anastomosis groups of binucleate Rhizoctonia included CAG-2, -3, and -5. Occurrences and frequency of isolations among sampling dates were not consistent. Fluctuations in the frequency of isolation of Rhizoctonia did not correspond with changes in frequency of isolation of the biological control fungus, Trichoderma. When individual or pooled frequencies of the mycobiota were compared to nematicide treatments, no specific trends occurred between treatments, application methods or rates. Results from this study show that use of 1,3-D and aldicarb in cotton fields does not significantly impact plant pathogenic fungi or saprophytic fungal populations. Thus cotton producers need not adjust seedling disease control measures when these two nematicides are used.

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  1. Entomology and Plant Pathology Department, Mississippi State University, Box 9655, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA

    R. E. Baird & M. L. Scruggs

  2. Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Palmer, AK, 99645, USA

    D. E. Carling

  3. MAFES Administration, Mississippi State University, Box 9740, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA

    C. E. Watson

  4. Mathematics and Science Department, Abraham-Baldwin College, Tifton, GA, 31793, USA

    P. Hightower

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Baird, R.E., Carling, D.E., Watson, C.E. et al. Effects of Nematicides on Cotton Root Mycobiota. Mycopathologia 157, 191–199 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:MYCO.0000020589.82402.81

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