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Little Nema Big
Problem on Farm
Attacks Different Plants,
Doing Most Damage in
Light, Sandy Soils.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
If all the substance of the earth and
of the things that flourish on it, with
the exception of the threadlike organ
Isms known as nemas, could by a
stroke of magle be made invisible, it
would still be possible to distinguish
the soll-covered parts of the earth, the
streams, lakes and oceans, the insects,
animals, birds, fishes, plants, and hu-
mans. So widespread and abundant
are these nemas, largely parasitic or
predaceous, that In this Imagined
world of transparencies, most 1lv-
Ing things, the blanket of
mountains, hills, and plains, and the
bodles of water would be Indicated by
clouds of these living threads which
vary In length from a
of an inch to several feet, and In
ameter from that of the finest of hairs
to the thickness of a lead pencil,
With this fanciful picture Dr, N. A.
of the United States Department
one of the an
thorities of the world on nematodes,
attention to the abundance of
organisms which are of untold
importance to
medicine, Certain
them are responsible
gist
lending
these
species of
i
Ig capacity
extent, which, If it could be
would be startling and dis
One species, the gall nema
attacks about five ifferent
kinds of plants,
roots which
the plant
3 ¥ » a 1 1
cing galls or knots
frequently prevent
from producing a profitable
re n—— ap —
by the Gall Nema.
often thought to be blessed with Im.
munity from enemies; but the grasses
including the small grains and corn
less subject to devastation than
most of the others. By these
resistant crops in a rotation, it is pos
gible to keep down the number of
using
the
die out In large numbers if a crop, un
desirable from their standpoint, is
grown on the ground for a year or
two. It Is necessary, however, to keep
down the weeds, because the
live in the roots of a large
of them. Even a weed that is not bad.
iy Infested will carry over the infec
tion from year to year, and it
not take long for a few of the pests
to repopulate the soll when a suscepti-
i
i
]
ed in the first place with tle or pipes
In the beds with a view to steaming.
Although nemas exist in enormous
numbers and kinds in the soll and are
of great importance In crop produe-
tion, there are important species which
infest different animals, insects and
man. The hookworm {8 a nema, and
there Is one infesting fox which is
blood red In color and attains a length
of several feet. Investigations are be-
ing made by the department to learn
If these parasites can be used to come
bat certain insects of economic impor-
tance, It has been found that a cers
tain nema has a predilection for grass
hoppers, and Doctor Cobb 8 of the
opinion that It is this enemy, in some
cases, which causes the “hopper”
scourge to rise and subside In great
waves. This nema, which attains a
length of 20 inches or more and Is
about the thickness of a coarse thread,
makes the host Insect sterile, and In
that way reduces the Increase enor-
mously, When the “hoppers” become
plentiful the parasites Increase and cut
down thelr numbers: then through
lack of grasshoppers the nemag de
crease, and the cycle repeats. Inves-
tigators are now trying to find out if
it will be practicable to introduce this
particular nema In regions where the
“hoppers” are not infested, and in that
way help protect the crops.
Have Economic Possibilities,
There are other
these natural
many possibilities
enemies in
There Is a
nema parasite infesting the cucumber
and a study Is
introducing
heetle being made of
the problem of them In
:
and not already hadly Infested
Practically all the injurious insects,
beneficial ones as well,
and the
thelr nemas,
some day these
para
just
+» used for our henefit
parasites of nsec
in efforts to
w=ts ns the Jag
rrerhy ¥
ik may
1 of
promise fo
certain that mach
be done in the
are reducing the
that widespread
roduces root-knot op
'
’
valuable plants
Clover Failure Is
in Bulletin Just Issued.
of Agriculture )
decline In red-clover cul
ture is no myth becomes abundantly
evident when one reads the agricul
tural literature of the past 40 years
from farmers to the agricul
press and articles by farmers
That the
tural
in the press all express concern re
ous reasons and remedies,
been alive to the necessity of solving
ite observations as to the
months to each generation, which Is
ample, a palr of gall nemas will have
five to ten million descendants In six
months, should all survive,
These root-knot producers do the
most damage In a light, sandy soll, as
It is easier for them to make thelr way
through it from root to root and they
are moved about more readily by the
flow of soll water. In real heavy clay
solls the pest Is sometimes of little
importance, though It may exist there.
Sometimes it becomes worse when a
soll is lightened up by adding manure
or by opening It with green crops
turned under and by thorough cuiti-
vation,
Attacks Variety of Crops.
Among the many crops atacked by
the root-knot nematode, the most Im-
portant are alfalfa, clover, cotton,
cow pens (with the exception of a few
varieties), field peas, flax, fig, grape,
peach, soy beans (with the exception
of the Laredo varfety), pumpkins,
sugar beets, sugar cane, sweet pota-
toes, tobacco, vetch, a large number of
truck crops, ornamental plants and
trees, Some of the plants attacked
are legumes which normally have no
ules produced by beneficial bacteria;
but usually it Is not difficult to dis
tinguish between these growths and
those thickenings on the roots made
by the gall nematode. The former are
more or less globular and easily re
moved, while the latter are usually
club-shaped or irregular masses, real
ly enlargments of the roots and root-
lets themselves,
When the soll freezes large numbers
of the nematodes are killed off and,
as a consequence, the pest is not so
bad In the northern states as in the
sonthern. However, enough of the
organisms get down below the frost
Hine so that they never are annihilated.
In greenhouses they become bad pests
In any part of the country, but hy
treating the soll with hot water or
steam it ix possible to destroy them
along with fungl and many undesir
thle hacteria. It Is now recommend
od thet now greenhouses be construct
just issued,
of clover fallure,
are to be sought
proper sofl conditions in diseases, In
the use of nonadaptable seed or in Im
Causes
use of harmful nurse crops. Improper
soil conditions result from constant
cultivation and the consequent loss of
lime, phosphates, potash and organie
matter, making the soll unsuited to
the growth of clover. Such conditions
ean be remedied by applying the ele
ments lacking in a field and by work-
ing In manure and other forms of
organic matter,
In some cases clover fallure Is due
to diseases, anil then a disease resist.
ant variety must be used If available,
or some other legume substituted for
red clover. Alsike clover, hairy vetch.
or annual summer legumes, such as
soy beans, should be used when for
any reason land that needs lime can-
not be economically med. When red
clover falls on land well supplied with
lime, sweet clover can often be sub
stituted to advantage,
A copy of the bulletin may be se
cured as long as the supply lasts. from
the United States Department of Ag
riculture, Washington, D. C.
—— a So ——
Seed time is here,
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Reforestation today is preparation
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The first essential for success with
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High-priced seed Is not always good
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Wise Nature meant leaves and
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Hubam clover has some advantage
In that it will probably make a larger
growth the first year than does the
blenninl white sweet clover.
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