A USDA-contracted research project with $153,423 in funding will develop and implement non-fumigant approaches for management of nematodes in California carrot production.
Collaborative research of Joji Muramoto of the Center and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR), nematologists of UC Riverside, and plant pathologists of the USDA-Agriculture Research Service, Florida, will establish replicated field trials and grower demonstration plots to determine the impacts of organic amendment-based treatments, such as anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD), for control of root-knot nematodes.
Center for Agroecology/UCSC participants: Joji Muramoto
Funding: US Department of Agriculture