Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29029
Title: A Comparative Study of Field Nematode Communities over a Decade of Cotton Production in Australia
Contributor(s): Knox, Oliver  (author)orcid ; Backhouse, David  (author)orcid ; Gupta, Vadakattu (author)
Publication Date: 2020-01
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10010123
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29029
Abstract: Soil nematode populations have the potential to indicate ecosystem disturbances. In response to questions about nematode interactions with soilborne diseases and whether genetically modified cotton altered nematode populations, several fields in the Namoi cotton growing area of Australia were sampled between 2005 and 2007. No significant interactions were observed, but nematodes numbers were low and postulated to be due to the use of the nematicide aldicarb. Aldicarb was removed from the system in 2011 and in 2015 funding allowed some fields to be resampled to determine if there had been a change in the nematode numbers following aldicarb removal. No significant changes in the total nematode numbers were observed, implying that the removal of aldicarb had little impact on the total nematode population size. However, an increase in plant parasitic nematodes was observed in both fields, but the species identified and the levels of change were not considered a threat to cotton production nor driven solely by altered pesticide chemistry. Additionally, greater numbers of higher order coloniser-persisters in the 2015 samples suggests that the current cotton production system is less disruptive to the soil ecosystem than that of a decade ago.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Agronomy, 10(1), p. 1-12
Publisher: MDPI AG
Place of Publication: Switzerland
ISSN: 2073-4395
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 050303 Soil Biology
070107 Farming Systems Research
060299 Ecology not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 410603 Soil biology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960904 Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Land Management
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 180607 Terrestrial erosion
180603 Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land use
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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School of Environmental and Rural Science

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