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Effect of Temperature on Infection and Survival of Rotylenchulus reniformis
Abstract:
From infestation of lettuce with preinfective females to egg deposition, populations of Rotylenchulus reniformis from Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Lubbock and Weslaco, Texas; and Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, required 41, 13, 7, and 7 days at 15, 20, 25, and 34 C, respectively. No nematode infection occurred at 10 C with any R. reniformis population, and the population from Puerto Rico did not reproduce at 15 C. Nematode survival was not influenced by temperature, since populations from Texas and Louisiana survived for 6 months without a host at - 5 , - 1 , 4, and 25 C. Survival of R. reniformis was substantially influenced by soil moisture. Soil moistures greater than 7% (< 1 bar) aided nematode survival at storage temperature of 25 C, whereas moisture adversely affected nematode survival below freezing. Soil moisture below 4% (> 15 bars) favored nematode survival below freezing but adversely affected nematodes in soils stored at 25 C. Soil moisture effects on nematode survival were less accentuated at 4 and 0 C.
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