Journal list menu
Crop rotation for management of plant-parasitic nematodes in forage corn production
Mussie Wolday Tsegay
Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Contribution: Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMarcelo O. Wallau
Agronomy Department, University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorChang Liu
Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA
Contribution: Data curation, Investigation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorJosé C. Dubeux Jr.
North Florida Research and Education Center-Marianna/Agronomy Department, University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Marianna, Florida, USA
Contribution: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Zane Joseph Grabau
Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Correspondence
Zane Joseph Grabau, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorMussie Wolday Tsegay
Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Contribution: Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMarcelo O. Wallau
Agronomy Department, University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorChang Liu
Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA
Contribution: Data curation, Investigation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorJosé C. Dubeux Jr.
North Florida Research and Education Center-Marianna/Agronomy Department, University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Marianna, Florida, USA
Contribution: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Zane Joseph Grabau
Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Correspondence
Zane Joseph Grabau, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorAssigned to Associate Editor Matthew VanWeelden
Abstract
Corn (Zea mays L.) is an important silage source for dairy cattle production in the southeastern United States. Silage corn is often grown continuously, which frequently results in severe pressure from plant-parasitic nematodes such as sting nematode (Belonolaimus longicaudatus). Crop rotation is one of the few nematode management options available in forage production. The research objective was to assess summer-planted rotation crops, preceding spring silage corn, for management of plant-parasitic nematodes. Rotation crops included field corn, pearl millet [Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone]—with or without fertilizer—, sorghum-sudangrass [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench × Sorghum sudanense Piper], and sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.), which was either incorporated into soil or harvested. Rotation crops were assessed in a 3-year field study in central Florida. Sunn hemp treatments significantly reduced sting nematode soil abundances relative to corn by 84%, 90%, and 84% before spring corn planting in 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 and at rotation crop termination in 2021–2022, respectively. Abundances of other plant-parasitic nematodes were not consistently influenced by rotation. Biomass of winter rye (Secale cereale L.)—a bridge cover crop between summer and spring crops—was consistently increased following sunn hemp with significant increases of 87%, 106%, and 186% relative to following corn in 2019–2020, 2020–2021, and 2021–2022, respectively. Similarly, sunn hemp significantly increased spring corn yield by 70% and 136% relative to double-cropped corn in 2020–2021 and 2021–2022, respectively. Overall, rotation with sunn hemp improved plant-parasitic nematode management in forage corn production relative to rotations with only gramineous crops.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
REFERENCES
- Belair, G., Dauphinais, N., Fournier, Y., Dangi, O. P., & Clement, M. F. (2005). Effect of forage and grain pearl millet on Pratylenchus penetrans and potato yields in Quebec. Journal of Nematology, 37(1), 78–82.
- Bhan, M., McSorley, R., & Chase, C. A. (2010). Effect of cropping system complexity on plant-parasitic nematodes associated with organically grown vegetables in Florida. Nematropica, 40(1), 53–70.
- Bowen, K. L., Hagan, A. K., Campbell, H. L., & Nightengale, S. (2008). Effect of southern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita race 3) on corn yields in Alabama. Plant Health Progress, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-2008-0910-01-RS
10.1094/PHP-2008-0910-01-RS Google Scholar
- Braz, G. B. P., Oliveira, R. S., Jr., Crow, W. T., & Chase, C. A. (2016). Susceptibility of different accessions of Crotalaria juncea to Belonolaimus longicaudatus. Nematropica, 46(1), 31–37.
- Briar, S. S., Barker, C., Tenuta, M., & Entz, M. H. (2012). Soil nematode responses to crop management and conversion to native grasses. Journal of Nematology, 44(3), 245–254.
- Cook, R. D., & Weisburg, S. (1999). Response transformations. In Applied regression including computing and graphics (pp. 316–333). Wiley-Interscience.
10.1002/9780470316948.ch13 Google Scholar
- Cram, M. M., & Fraedrich, S. W. (2009). Stunt nematode (Tylenchorhynchus claytoni) impact on southern pine seedlings and response to a field test of cover crops. In R. K. Dumroese & L. E. Riley (Eds.), National Proceedings: Forest and Conservation Nursery Associations–2008 (pp. 95–100). USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
- Crow, W. T., Weingartner, D. P., Dickson, D. W., & McSorley, R. (2001). Effect of sorghum-sudangrass and velvetbean cover crops on plant-parasitic nematodes associated with potato production in Florida. Journal of Nematology, 33(4), 285–288.
- Crow, W. T., Weingartner, D. P., McSorley, R., & Dickson, D. W. (2000). Damage function and economic threshold for Belonolaimus longicaudatus on potato. Journal of Nematology, 32(3), 318–322.
- Garzon, J., Vendramini, J. M., Silveira, M. L., Moriel, P., da Silva, H. M. S., Dubeux, J. C. B., Jr., Kaneko, M., Carnelos, C. C., & Mamede, P. A. (2021). Harvest management and genotype effects on sunn hemp forage characteristics. Agronomy Journal, 113(1), 298–307. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20465
- Grabau, Z. J., & Chen, S. (2016a). Determining the role of plant-parasitic nematodes in the corn-soybean crop rotation yield effect using nematicide application: I. Corn. Agronomy Journal, 108(2), 782–793. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2015.0431
- Grabau, Z. J., & Chen, S. (2016b). Influence of long-term corn-soybean crop sequences on soil ecology as indicated by the nematode community. Applied Soil Ecology, 100, 172–185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.12.016
- Grabau, Z. J., Liu, C., Sandoval-Ruiz, R., & Mussoline, W. (2022). Belonolaimus longicaudatus host status and pathogenicity on sweetpotato. Journal of Nematology, 54(1), 20220019. https://doi.org/10.2478/jofnem-2022-0019
- Grabau, Z. J., Mauldin, M. D., Habteweld, A., & Carter, E. T. (2020). Nematicide efficacy at managing Meloidogyne arenaria and non-target effects on free-living nematodes in peanut production. Journal of Nematology, 52, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2020-028
- Grabau, Z. J., Vetsch, J. A., & Chen, S. (2018). Swine manure, nematicides, and long-term tillage change soil ecology in corn and soybean production. Agronomy Journal, 110(6), 2288–2301. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2018.04.0252
- Holajjer, P., Kamra, A., & Singh, P. A. (2016). Influence of nematode-bacterial interactions on N and P mineralisation in soil and on decomposition of crop residues during aerobic composting. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 14(2), 283–299. https://doi.org/10.15666/aeer/1402_283299
- Jenkins, W. R. (1964). A rapid centifugal-flotation technique for separating nematodes from soil. Plant Disease Reporter, 48, 692.
- Jiang, Y., Zhou, H., Chen, L., Yuan, Y., Fang, H., Luan, L., Chen, Y., Wang, X., Liu, M., Li, H., Peng, X., & Sun, B. (2018). Nematodes and microorganisms interactively stimulate soil organic carbon turnover in the macroaggregates. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 2803. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02803
- Khan, Z., & Kim, Y. H. (2005). The predatory nematode, Mononchoides fortidens (Nematoda: Diplogasterida), suppresses the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne arenaria, in potted field soil. Biological Control, 35(1), 78–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.05.015
- Koenning, S. R., Walters, S. A., & Barker, K. R. (1996). Impact of soil texture on the reproductive and damage potentials of Rotylenchulus reniformis and Meloidogyne incognita on cotton. Journal of Nematology, 28(4), 527–536.
- Levene, H. (1960). Robust tests for equality of variances. In I. Olkin (Ed.), Contributions to probability and statistics (pp. 278–292). Stanford University Press.
- Lindquist, J. L., Barker, D. C., Knezevic, S. Z., Martin, A. R., & Walters, D. T. (2007). Comparative nitrogen uptake and distribution in corn and velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti). Weed Science, 55(2), 102–110. https://doi.org/10.1614/WS-06-141.1
- Littell, R. C., Henry, P. R., & Ammerman, C. B. (1998). Statistical analysis of repeated measures data using SAS procedures. America Society of Animal Science, 76(4), 1216–1231.
- MacGuidwin, A. E., & Bender, B. E. (2016). Development of a damage function model for Pratylenchus penetrans on corn. Plant Disease, 100(4), 764–769. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-15-0663-RE
- Mansoer, Z., Reeves, D. W., & Wood, C. W. (1997). Suitability of sunn hemp as an alternative late-summer legume cover crop. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 61(1), 246–253. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj1997.03615995006100010034x
- Mashela, P., McSorley, R., Duncan, L. W., & Dunn, R. A. (1991). Correlation of Belonolaimus longicaudatus, Hoplolaimus galeatus, and soil texture with yield of alyceclover (Alysicarpus spp). Nematropica, 21(2), 177–184.
- McSorley, R. (1999). Host suitability of potential cover crops for root-knot nematodes. Journal of Nematology, 31(4), 619–623.
- McSorley, R., & Dickson, D. W. (1989). Nematode population density increase on cover crops of rye and vetch. Nematropica, 19(1), 39–51.
- McSorley, R., Seal, D. R., Klassen, W., Wang, K. H., & Hooks, C. R. R. (2009). Non-target effects of sunn hemp and marigold cover crops on the soil invertebrate community. Nematropica, 39(2), 235–245.
- Perez, E. E., Weingartner, D. P., & McSorley, R. (2000). Niche distribution of Paratrichodorus minor and Belonolaimus longicaudatus following fumigation on potato and cabbage. Journal of Nematology, 32(4), 343–348.
- Rhoades, H. L. (1978). Influence of non-fumigant nematicides and DBCP on Belonolaimus longicaudatus and yield of field corn in central Florida. Plant Disease Reporter, 62(1), 91–94.
- Rhoades, H. L. (1985a). Effects of fumigant and nonfumigant nematicides on plant nematode populations and yield of sweet corn produced on a fine sandy soil in Florida. Nematropica, 15(2), 127–134.
- Rhoades, H. L. (1985b). Effects of separate and concomitant populations of Belonolaimus longicaudatus and Dolichodorus heterocephalus on Zea mays. Nematropica, 15(2), 171–174.
- Robbins, R. T., & Barker, K. R. (1973). Comparisons of host range and reproduction among populations of Belonolaimus longicaudatus from North Carolina and Georgia. Plant Disease Reporter, 57(9), 750–754.
- Schumacher, L. A., Grabau, Z. J., Wright, D. L., Small, I. M., & Liao, H. (2020). Nematicide influence on cotton yield and plant-parasitic nematodes in conventional and sod-based crop rotation. Journal of Nematology, 52, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2020-034
- Timper, P., & Hanna, W. W. (2005). Reproduction of Belonolaimus longicaudatus, Meloidogyne javanica, Paratrichodorus minor, and Pratylenchus brachyurus on pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum). Journal of Nematology, 37(2), 214–219.
- Timper, P., Krakowsky, M. D., & Snook, M. E. (2007). Resistance in maize to Paratrichodorus minor. Nematropica, 37(1), 9–20.
- Todd, T. C. (1989). Population dynamics and damage potential of Belonolaimus sp on corn. Journal of Nematology, 21(4), 697–702.
- Todd, T. C., & Oakley, T. R. (1996). Seasonal dynamics and yield relationships of Pratylenchus spp in corn roots. Journal of Nematology, 28(4), 676–681.
- Trap, J., Bonkowski, M., Plassard, C., Villenave, C., & Blanchart, E. (2016). Ecological importance of soil bacterivores for ecosystem functions. Plant and Soil, 398, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-015-2671-6
- Van Biljon, E. R., Mc Donald, A. H., & Fourie, H. (2015). Population responses of plant-parasitic nematodes in selected crop rotations over five seasons in organic cotton production. Nematropica, 45(1), 102–112.
- Vazquez, L., Myhre, D. L., Gallaher, R. N., Hanlon, E. A., & Portier, K. M. (1989). Soil compaction associated with tillage treatments for soybean. Soil and Tillage Research, 13(1), 35–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-1987(89)90036-6
- Waldo, B. D., Grabau, Z. J., Mengistu, T. M., & Crow, W. T. (2019). Nematicide effects on non-target nematodes in bermudagrass. Journal of Nematology, 51, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2019-009
- Wang, K., McSorley, R., Gallaher, R. N., & Kokalis-Burelle, N. (2008). Cover crops and organic mulches for nematode, weed and plant health management. Nematology, 10, 231–242. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854108783476412
- Wang, K. H., McSorley, R., & Gallaher, R. N. (2004). Effect of winter cover crops on nematode population levels in north Florida. Journal of Nematology, 36(4), 517–523.
- Wang, K. H., McSorley, R., Gallaher, R. N., & Tubbs, R. S. (2002). Effects of winter and fall cover crops on plant-parasitic nematode population development. In E. Van Staten (Ed.), Making conservation tillage conventional: Building a future on 25 years of research. Proceedings of the 25th Southern Conservation Tillage Conference for Sustainable Agriculture (pp. 152–155). Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station and Auburn University.
- Wang, K. H., Sipes, B. S., & Schmitt, D. P. (2001). Suppression of Rotylenchulus reniformis by Crotalaria juncea, Brassica napus, and Tagetes erecta. Nematropica, 31(2), 235–249.
- Wang, K. H., Sipes, B. S., & Schmitt, D. P. (2002). Crotalaria as a cover crop for nematode management: A review. Nematropica, 32(1), 35–57.
- Wang, K. H., Sipes, B. S., & Schmitt, D. P. (2003a). Enhancement of Rotylenchulus reniformis suppressiveness by Crotalaria juncea amendment in pineapple soils. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 94(2), 197–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8809(02)00025-7
- Wang, K. H., Sipes, B. S., & Schmitt, D. P. (2003b). Intercropping cover crops with pineapple for the management of Rotylenchulus reniformis. Journal of Nematology, 35(1), 39–47.
- Wilkinson, J. M., & Rinne, M. (2018). Highlights of progress in silage conservation and future perspectives. Grass and Forage Science, 73(1), 40–52. https://doi.org/10.1111/gfs.12327
- Windham, G. L. (1998). Corn. In K. R. Barker, G. A. Pederson, & G. L. Windham (Eds.), Plant and nematode interactions (pp. 335–357). American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America.
10.2134/agronmonogr36.c16 Google Scholar
- Yeates, G. W., Bongers, T., De Goede, R. G. M., Freckmann, D. W., & Georgieva, S. S. (1993). Feeding-habits in soil nematode families and genera—An outline for soil ecologists. Journal of Nematology, 25(3), 315–331.
