Organic Matters for the Control of Sugar Beet Cyst Nematode Heterodera Schachtii Schmidt 1871 Esfahani M. Nasr1,2,* 1Plant Protection Research Division, Isfahan Center for Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education, Isfahan, Iran 2Agriculture Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREO), Tehran, Iran *Corresponding author, E-mail: mne2011@gmail.com
Online published on 29 August, 2017. Abstract Efficacy of organic manure using compost, vermicompost, waste cabbage leaves, poultry and farm manure was investigated in various amounts on sugar beet cyst nematodes Heterodera schachtii Schmidt 1871, on sugarbeet plants cv. 005, in the field and glass house during 2013–15. Poultry manure at 20 and 40 t/ha were the most effective in reducing sugar beet cyst nematodes population with 88.44 and 93.32 percent respectively. In addition, the lowest reproduction rate was in poultry manure, followed by compost, vermicompost, waste cabbage leaves and farm manure at 60 t/ha respectively. The yield, sugar content and other indices showed a high significant variation. Poultry manure at 40 and 20 t/ha, with 27.55 and 26.93 t/ha, produced the highest yields respectively. Top Keywords Farm and poultry manure, compost, vermicompost, cabbage leaves. Top |