
%0 Journal Article
%A Meagher, JW 
%A Jenkins, PT 
%T Interaction of <I>Meloidogyne hapla</I> and <I>Verticillium dahliae</I>, and the chemical control of wilt in strawberry
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1970/08/01
%V 10
%N 45
%P 493-496
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9700493
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9700493 
%X In a field experiment with strawberries, pre-plant treatments with broad-spectrum fumigants methyl bromide-chloropicrin (450 kg/ha) or methyl isothiocyanate-dichloropropene (500 l/ha) (and 300 l/ha) controlled wilt caused by Verticillium dahliae Kleb and resulted in increased yields. Soil fumigation with the nematicide ethylene dibromidz (105 l/ha) also improved yields. It controlled the root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood), delayed the onset of wilt symptoms and reduced the severity of disease. This indicated a nematode-fungus interaction and is the first report of a Meloidogyne-Verticillium interaction in strawberry. 
