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Protect Fruit and Vegetable Roots From Plant-Parasitic Nematodes While Preserving Soil Health
When California fruit and vegetable growers begin planning for another cropping cycle, they know the first threats their crops face will originate below the surface of the soil from plant-parasitic nematodes. The most economically damaging nematode in the state is the root-knot nematode that, if left uncontrolled, pierces plant roots with a needlelike stylet and […]

Protect Fruit and Vegetable Roots From Plant-Parasitic Nematodes While Preserving Soil Health
When California fruit and vegetable growers begin planning for another cropping cycle, they know the first threats their crops face will originate below the surface of the soil from plant-parasitic nematodes. The most economically damaging nematode in the state is the root-knot nematode that, if left uncontrolled, pierces plant roots with a needlelike stylet and […]

Protect Fruit and Vegetable Roots From Plant-Parasitic Nematodes While Preserving Soil Health
When California fruit and vegetable growers begin planning for another cropping cycle, they know the first threats their crops face will originate below the surface of the soil from plant-parasitic nematodes. The most economically damaging nematode in the state is the root-knot nematode that, if left uncontrolled, pierces plant roots with a needlelike stylet and […]




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In the summer of 1993, I visited the two small farms on the campus of UC Santa Cruz (UCSC). One of them was a flat, sunny site near the coast, the air pleasantly warm instead of blistering hot like further inland. The tour guide showed us a field in which small, round, bright-red tomatoes peeked […]

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