{"id":2355,"date":"2019-08-20T17:30:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T09:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agriculture\/?p=2355"},"modified":"2019-08-20T17:30:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T09:30:47","slug":"new-cotton-varieties-target-reniform-nematodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agriculture\/2019\/08\/20\/new-cotton-varieties-target-reniform-nematodes\/","title":{"rendered":"New cotton varieties to target reniform nematodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Nematodes annually take 5 percent of the U.S. cotton crop, on average. Some fields lose as much as 25 percent to these invisible bandits.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>John Mueller, Clemson university Extension nematologist, estimates annual losses of 1 million bales, nationwide.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Primary culprits are the reniform and root-knot nematode species, but others, including the Columbia Lance \u2014 mostly a South Carolina pest \u2014 add to the damage.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Varieties resistant to the root-knot have been available for several years but producers have relied primarily on rotation and chemistry to control reniform nematodes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Growers may soon have another option, says Jason Woodward, PhytoGen cotton development specialist for the Mid-Atlantic.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Woodward, at a recent PhytoGen field day near Mayesville, S.C., discussed experimental varieties that show good resistance to reniform nematodes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe&#8217;re looking at a new breeding trait,\u201d Woodward says, \u201cas a solution to reniform nematode problems in cotton. We\u2019re dealing with a breeding trait very similar to what we&#8217;ve seen with our root-knot nematode resistance. We are evaluating this material internally to get a better understanding of how varieties that possess this trait perform in fields where reniform is a problem.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Beltwide trials<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Trials across the Cotton Belt evaluate in-season performance compared to susceptible varieties and also paying close attention to what occurs below ground nematode populations in the soil.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Woodward says currently trials are in a \u201cproof of concept\u201d status but he expects to have seed available to a few growers across the Belt in \u201ca targeted approach in a number of locations in the Mid-Atlantic, the Southeast, the Mid-South and West Texas. We\u2019re getting a good understanding of what to expect.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He says in addition to managing nematodes, these experimental varieties show improved yield in fields with identified reniform nematode populations, in comparison with susceptible varieties.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIn preparation for launch, we&#8217;re moving into our PhytoGen Horizon Network (PHN) growers testing program where we will get a limited amount of material out in 2020 and then ramp that up for a commercial launch in 2021.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Those new releases will include resistance traits for both the reniform and root-knot nematode species, Woodward adds.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cRoot-knot and reniform are the two most important nematodes throughout the Cotton Belt,\u201d Woodward says. \u201cWe feel like the breeding traits we&#8217;re looking at here provide a good opportunity to manage those two nematodes. We&#8217;re going to have varieties with the two gene traits for root-knot resistance we&#8217;ve had in the past.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIn addition, new varieties will feature a new native breeding trait for reniform resistance.\u201d New varieties also will include bacterial blight resistance, a standard for PhytoGen cottonseed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Resistant varieties, he adds, will offer producers new options for a pest that often goes unnoticed. \u201cNematode losses often go unrecognized and they can be severe. It\u2019s not uncommon to see areas in field hotspots go above the average; we&#8217;ve seen significant reductions of 25 percent across the board.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"tl clearfix mt10\">\n<h4 class=\"p-source c-999 cb pt5\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a class=\"c-orange fs16\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/news.agropages.com\/Media\/MediaIndex-380.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Delta Farm Press<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nematodes annually take 5 percent of the U.S. cotton crop, on average. Some fields lose as much as 25 percent to these invisible bandits. John Mueller, Clemson university Extension nematologist, estimates annual losses of 1 million bales, nationwide. Primary culprits are the reniform and root-knot nematode species, but others, including the Columbia Lance \u2014 mostly&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agriculture\/2019\/08\/20\/new-cotton-varieties-target-reniform-nematodes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New cotton varieties to target reniform nematodes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New cotton varieties to target reniform nematodes - agrinoon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agriculture\/2019\/08\/20\/new-cotton-varieties-target-reniform-nematodes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New cotton varieties to target reniform nematodes - agrinoon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nematodes annually take 5 percent of the U.S. cotton crop, on average. 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