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Reniform Nematode Management Using Winter Crop Rotation and Residue Incorporation Methods in Greenhouse Experiments


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Figure 1:

Graphical representation of the methodology to evaluate rotation of winter crops—with varying crop residue incorporation methods—to manage reniform nematode and cotton plant growth.
Graphical representation of the methodology to evaluate rotation of winter crops—with varying crop residue incorporation methods—to manage reniform nematode and cotton plant growth.

Figure 2:

Reniform nematode (RN) in 100 cm3 of soil at winter crop termination in Trial 1 (A) and Trial 2 (B). Letters indicate treatment separation by Kruskal-Wallis with Bonferroni's method, P < 0.05. Data is displayed as boxplots.
Reniform nematode (RN) in 100 cm3 of soil at winter crop termination in Trial 1 (A) and Trial 2 (B). Letters indicate treatment separation by Kruskal-Wallis with Bonferroni's method, P < 0.05. Data is displayed as boxplots.

Figure 3:

Reniform nematode (RN) in 100 cm3 of soil at cotton harvest, by crop and organic matter incorporation method, in Trial 1 (A) and Trial 2 (B). Ctrl= fallow control, No OM= rotation with no shoot organic matter (OM) incorporated. Fresh OM= treatments with fresh shoot OM, Dry OM= treatments with dry shoot OM. Fresh roots were incorporated in each treatment. Letters indicate treatment separation by Kruskal-Wallis with Bonferroni's method, P < 0.05. Data is displayed as boxplots.
Reniform nematode (RN) in 100 cm3 of soil at cotton harvest, by crop and organic matter incorporation method, in Trial 1 (A) and Trial 2 (B). Ctrl= fallow control, No OM= rotation with no shoot organic matter (OM) incorporated. Fresh OM= treatments with fresh shoot OM, Dry OM= treatments with dry shoot OM. Fresh roots were incorporated in each treatment. Letters indicate treatment separation by Kruskal-Wallis with Bonferroni's method, P < 0.05. Data is displayed as boxplots.

Figure 4:

Reniform nematodes (RN) from cotton roots as affected by crop and organic matter incorporation treatments. Reniform nematode abundances are expressed as total RN (eggs plus vermiform nematodes) per gram of cotton roots in Trial 1 (A) and Trial 2 (B) Ctrl= fallow control, No OM= rotation with no shoot organic matter (OM) incorporated. Fresh OM= treatments with fresh shoot OM, Dry OM= treatments with dry shoot OM. Fresh roots were incorporated in each treatment. Letters indicate treatment separation by Kruskal-Wallis with Bonferroni's method, P < 0.05. Data is displayed as boxplots.
Reniform nematodes (RN) from cotton roots as affected by crop and organic matter incorporation treatments. Reniform nematode abundances are expressed as total RN (eggs plus vermiform nematodes) per gram of cotton roots in Trial 1 (A) and Trial 2 (B) Ctrl= fallow control, No OM= rotation with no shoot organic matter (OM) incorporated. Fresh OM= treatments with fresh shoot OM, Dry OM= treatments with dry shoot OM. Fresh roots were incorporated in each treatment. Letters indicate treatment separation by Kruskal-Wallis with Bonferroni's method, P < 0.05. Data is displayed as boxplots.

Figure 5:

Reniform nematode (RN) reproduction factor (total RN per pot final population/inoculated initial population), by crop, at cotton harvest in Trial 1 (A) and Trial 2 (B). Ctrl= fallow control, No OM= rotation with no shoot organic matter (OM) incorporated. Fresh OM= treatments with fresh shoot OM, Dry OM= treatments with dry shoot OM. Fresh roots were incorporated in each treatment. Letters indicate treatment separation by Kruskal-Wallis with Bonferroni's method, P < 0.05. Data is displayed as boxplots.
Reniform nematode (RN) reproduction factor (total RN per pot final population/inoculated initial population), by crop, at cotton harvest in Trial 1 (A) and Trial 2 (B). Ctrl= fallow control, No OM= rotation with no shoot organic matter (OM) incorporated. Fresh OM= treatments with fresh shoot OM, Dry OM= treatments with dry shoot OM. Fresh roots were incorporated in each treatment. Letters indicate treatment separation by Kruskal-Wallis with Bonferroni's method, P < 0.05. Data is displayed as boxplots.

Winter crop residue measurements by crop rotation and residue incorporation method.

Treatment Trial 1a

Fresh weight (g) of residues addedb Final OM added (%w/w)c
p-value *** ***
Rotation+No OMd
Carinata 20.3 ± 1.6 b 1.3 ± 0.1 bc
Hairy vetch 27.0 ± 5.2 b 1.8 ± 0.3 b
Oat 68.4 ± 10.9 a 4.5 ± 0.7 a
Rotation+Fresh OM
Carinata 37.8 ± 3.0 b 2.5 ± 0.2 b
Hairy vetch 26.0 ± 7.5 b 1.7 ± 0.5 b
Oat 78.5 ± 5.4 a 5.2 ± 0.3 a
Rotation+Dry OM
Carinata 28.4 ± 2.5 b 0.9 ± 0.0 bc
Hairy vetch 26.9 ± 3.4 b 1.4 ± 0.1 bc
Oat 91.1 ± 2.7 a 4.2 ± 0.3 a

Influence of winter crop rotation and residue incorporation method, on cotton growth and SPAD value in greenhouse conditions under the presence of reniform nematode.

Treatment Canopy cover Height (cm) Root fresh weight (g) Root fresh weight (g) Shoot fresh weight (g) SPAD

Trial 1a
p-valueb ** *** *** ns *** ***
Control - (Fallow) 4.0 ± 0.3 abc 10.8 ± 0.4 ab 4.6 ± 0.4 e 1.4 ± 0.1 4.7 ± 0.3 ab 46.1 ± 0.9 a
Rotation+No OMc
  Carinata 5.2 ± 0.3 a 12.0 ± 0.5 a 13.3 ± 1.0 abc 1.3 ± 0 5.3 ± 0.3 a 38.8 ± 1.3 bc
  Hairy vetch 4.0 ± 0.3 abc 10.7 ± 0.3 ab 11.1 ± 0.9 bcd 1.0 ± 0 4.3 ± 0.3 ab 36.6 ± 1.1 c
  Oat 4.0 ± 0.5 abc 10.4 ± 0.6 ab 20.5 ± 2.7 a 1.0 ± 0 3.8 ± 0.3 ab 44.8 ± 1.2 ab
Rotation+Fresh OM
  Carinata 4.9 ± 0.4 ab 11.8 ± 0.5 a 11.0 ± 1.9 bcd 1.3 ± 0.1 5.3 ± 0.4 a 41.6 ± 0.7 abc
  Hairy vetch 3.9 ± 0.5 abc 11.0 ± 0.7 ab 6.3 ± 0.7 de 1.1 ± 0.2 4.1 ± 0.6 ab 38.2 ± 1.6 bc
  Oat 2.9 ± 0.2 c 9.2 ± 0.5 b 14.5 ± 2.1 ab 0.9 ± 0.0 3.3 ± 0.2 b 42.1 ± 1.3 abc
Rotation+Dry OM
  Carinata 3.8 ± 0.3 abc 10.0 ± 0.4 ab 7.4 ± 0.6 cde 1.0 ± 0.0 4.0 ± 0.2 ab 40.5 ± 1.4 abc
  Hairy vetch 3.9 ± 0.4 abc 10.4 ± 0.6 ab 4.7 ± 0.8 e 0.9 ± 0.0 3.8 ± 0.3 ab 37.9 ± 1.7 c
  Oat 3.2 ± 0.3 bc 9.1 ± 0.3 b 17.2 ± 2.2 ab 0.9 ± 0.0 3.2 ± 0.2 b 41.1 ±1.9 abc

Trial 2a

p-valueb ns ns *** ns ns ns
Control - (Fallow) 5.5 ± 0.5 12.0 ± 0.6 4.0 ± 0.3 b 1.6 ± 0.1 5.2 ± 0.4 56.2 ± 1.3
Rotation+No OM
  Carinata 8.2 ± 1.7 14.0 ± 1.1 6.5 ± 0.6 ab 1.9 ± 0.1 6.8 ± 0.6 49.9 ± 0.7
  Hairy vetch 8.9 ± 2.7 16.5 ± 2.1 8.3 ± 1.4 a 2.1 ± 0.3 6.8 ±1.2 47.8 ± 3.4
  Oat 6.9 ± 0.8 13.5 ± 0.8 6.1 ± 0.6 ab 1.7 ± 0.1 5.4 ± 0.4 49.6 ± 1.5
Rotation+Fresh OM
  Carinata 9.8 ± 1.7 15.4 ± 1.2 8.5 ± 0.8 a 2.4 ± 0.2 7.9 ± 0.8 49.2 ± 1.6
  Hairy vetch 6.3 ± 1.2 13.1 ± 1.7 6.1 ± 1.3 ab 1.8 ± 0.3 5.9 ± 1.3 48.7 ± 2.0
  Oat 7.4 ± 0.9 14 ± 0.8 5.4 ± 1.0 ab 2.0 ± 0.3 6.3 ± 0.8 52.4 ± 1.7
Rotation+Dry OM
  Carinata 7.4 ± 1.6 14.6 ± 1.2 4.4 ± 1.0 b 1.8 ± 0.2 5.9 ± 0.7 49.2 ± 1.3
  Hairy vetch 7.2 ± 0.7 14.3 ± 0.5 6.0 ± 0.6 ab 2.2 ± 0.1 6.7 ± 0.5 48.1 ± 1.8
  Oat 6.8 ± 0.6 14.0 ± 0.7 4.8 ± 0.2 ab 1.6 ± 0 5.4 ± 0.3 53.4 ± 1.4

Schedule for plant data collection and management in greenhouse trials.

Trial 1 Trial 2


Date DAPa Date DAPa
1. Winter Crops
1.1 Planting and nematode inoculation 12 November 2021 0 29 December 2022 0
1.2 Harvest
• Dry OM treatments 25 January 2022 74 14 March 2022 75
• No OM treatments 27 January 2022 76 16 March 2022 76
• Fresh OM treatments 27 January 2022 76 16 March 2022 76
1.3 OM incorporation 28 January 2022 77 17 March 2022 78
2. Cotton
2.1 Planting 8 February 2022 0 28 March 2022 0
2.2 Plant growth assessment 6 April 2022 57 24 May 2022 57
2.2 Harvest 10 April 2022 61 27 May 2022 60
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