
%0 Journal Article
%A Paddick, RG 
%A Meagher, JW 
%T Effect of tobacco crop disposal methods and soil fumigation on control of root-knot nematode (<I>Meloidogyne javanica</I>) in north-eastern Victoria
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1973/02/01
%V 13
%N 60
%P 108-112
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9730108
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9730108 
%X In field trials with tobacco in north-eastern Victoria the complete removal of stubble was not an economic practice. Though yields were slightly higher than with tobacco stubble hoed-in, control of rootknot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) in subsequent tobacco crops was no better. Autumn or spring fumigation with ethylene dibromide was equally effective in nematode control. Tetrachlorothiophene progressively reduced root-knot indices in three successive crops but there was a progressive increase where aldicarb was used. Nevertheless, highest yields were obtained with aldicarb due, in part, to control of tobacco yellow dwarf disease and to an unknown cause. In north-eastern Victoria, root-knot nematodes cause lower yield loss than in the Murray Valley. Although soils are heavier, the lower soil temperatures may also account for reduced disease severity. 
