Movement and Toxicity of Nematicides in the Plant Root Zone
J. W. Noling
Many of the nematicides currently used in Florida are restricted-use fumigant, organophosphate, or carbamate pesticides. Considerable work has been done to study the behavior of these pesticides in soil and to predict their movement and efficacy. The results from this research show that an understanding of the movement and distribution of a nematicide in soil is probably as important to control as is its toxicity to the nematode. If toxic concentrations of the nematicide do not come in contact with the nematode for sufficient time, acceptable levels of control will not occur.