Effects of oxime carbamate nematicides on development of Heterodera schachtii on sugarbeet

Treatment of sugarbeet, Beta vulgaris L., with aldicarb, aldicarb sulfoxide, or aldicarb sulfone 10 days after plants were inoculated with Heterodera schachtii prevented development of the nematode, but second-stage larvae penetrated the roots. These chemicals had no measurable effects on nematodes in plants treated 15 days after inoculation. The tests established that soil treatments of aldicarb are directly or indirectly lethal to larvae developing within roots of sugarbeet. Heterodera schachtii failed to develop on root slices of red table beet grown in soil treated with aldicarb or aldicarb sulfoxide. Similar treatment of plants with aldicarb sulfone or oxamyl did not affect subsequent development of H. schachtii on root slices of treated plants.