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PLANT DISEASE
Volume 97, Issue 11, Pages 1448-1456Publisher
AMER PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-11-12-1060-RE
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- Washington Grain Commission
- O. A. Vogel Foundation, Washington State University
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Turkey from the US-AID collaboration, as part of the global initiative Integrated Management of Soil-Borne Pathogens and Pests for Resource-Poor Farmers of Rainfed Wheat
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Field surveys were conducted by collecting soil samples to estimate nematode densities in soil from winter wheat, spring wheat, spring barley, and spring legumes (lentil, chickpea, and pea) fields during 2010 and 2011. Pratylenchus spp. were observed in 60% of sampled fields. However, nematodes were detected in nearly all of the survey fields in high numbers where crops were grown every year. To identify climatic variables associated with density of Pratylenchus spp. in soil, correlation and regression analyses were performed using climate data of survey sites from 1979 to 2010. Fifty-seven climate variables were significantly correlated with densities of Pratylenchus spp. All precipitation variables were significantly positively correlated with nematode abundance. Summer maximum air temperature was negatively correlated and winter minimum air temperature was positively correlated with nematode densities. In addition, both years' nematode densities were significantly correlated with cropping intensity. Five multivariate regression models for 2010 and seven models for 2011 nematode abundance levels were developed. The majority of the climate variables selected in the models were related to precipitation. Knowledge of root-lesion nematode distribution in the dryland region of eastern Washington and associated climate variables may be helpful to determine risk and apply management practices to minimize crop damage.
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