<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Suppressive effect of two composts, applied at five doses (0 %, 1 %, 2.5 %, 5 % and 10 % w/w), was studied on spring barley to control different genera of plant parasitic nematodes in potting mixtures. Amendment of soil with these materials resulted in a significant decreasing effect of plant parasitic nematode populations. The best reduction of number of plant parasitic nematodes was found for the nematode genera Bitylenchus, Helicotylenchus, Heterodera, Paratylenchus and Rotylenchulus by a municipal green compost (C1) and nematode genera Bitylenchus, Geocenamus, Helicotylenchus, and Rotylenchulus by a compost derived from penicillin production residues (C2). The compost C1 with a lower C:N ratio was more effective in the nematode control than the compost C2. The analysis of variance showed a significant interaction among all factors involved in the experiment: type of compost, different doses and nematode genera. Relationship between applied doses and number of nematodes showed a significantly high negative correlation.</p></abstract>

Suppressive effect of two composts, applied at five doses (0 %, 1 %, 2.5 %, 5 % and 10 % w/w), was studied on spring barley to control different genera of plant parasitic nematodes in potting mixtures. Amendment of soil with these materials resulted in a significant decreasing effect of plant parasitic nematode populations. The best reduction of number of plant parasitic nematodes was found for the nematode genera Bitylenchus, Helicotylenchus, Heterodera, Paratylenchus and Rotylenchulus by a municipal green compost (C1) and nematode genera Bitylenchus, Geocenamus, Helicotylenchus, and Rotylenchulus by a compost derived from penicillin production residues (C2). The compost C1 with a lower C:N ratio was more effective in the nematode control than the compost C2. The analysis of variance showed a significant interaction among all factors involved in the experiment: type of compost, different doses and nematode genera. Relationship between applied doses and number of nematodes showed a significantly high negative correlation.

The effect of two compost soil amendments, based on municipal green and penicillin production wastes, on plant parasitic nematodes

Parasitological Institute, Department of Plant Nematology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01, Košice, Slovak Republic

Institute for Plant Protection, Section of Nematology, National Council of Researches, Via G. Amendola 122/D, 70126, Bari, Italy

Helminthologia

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Suppressive effect of two composts, applied at five doses (0 %, 1 %, 2.5 %, 5 % and 10 % w/w), was studied on spring barley to control different genera of...

The effect of two compost soil amendments, based on municipal green and penicillin production wastes, on plant parasitic nematodes

Published Online: Sep 08, 2009

Page range: 190 - 197

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-009-0035-6

Keywords
plant parasitic nematode, compost, suppression, compost amendment

© 2009 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The effect of two compost soil amendments, based on municipal green and penicillin production wastes, on plant parasitic nematodes

Published Online: Sep 08, 2009

Page range: 190 - 197

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-009-0035-6

Keywordsplant parasitic nematode, compost, suppression, compost amendment

© 2009 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
plant parasitic nematode, compost, suppression, compost amendment