Yield Increases in Burrowing Nematode-infested Anthurium with Fluopyram and Trifloxystrobin Applications

Abstract

Burrowing nematode (Radopholus similis) causes severe stunting and yield reduction in anthurium (Anthurium andraeanum) cut flower production. Two field trials were conducted at commercial grower farms to test the efficacy of fluopyram or fluopyram + trifloxystrobin for managing burrowing nematodes. Nematode population densities in roots and cinder media were evaluated during the trial in addition to cut flower yield and canopy cover. In the first trial, the nematode population in roots was reduced by 57% after two applications of fluopyram 3 months apart. As plant health improved, the increasing anthurium root weight supported higher nematode populations. After 14 months, fluopyram-treated plots had 43% more green canopy cover and a 53% increase in flower production compared with the untreated control plots. At a second location, population densities of burrowing nematode were reduced in roots after one application of fluopyram + trifloxystrobin and remained low with quarterly applications. Nematode populations were initially reduced in fluopyram-treated plots followed by a resurgence as demonstrated in the other trial. Ten months after the initial treatment, flower yield was greater in fluopyram + trifloxystrobin-treated plots with more large and extra-large flowers produced. Canopy cover was 45% and 22% greater with fluopyram + trifloxystrobin and fluopyram applications, respectively. Fluopyram shows potential for management of burrowing nematodes in anthurium by improving plant vigor and cut flower production.

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“…Exposure of Meloidogyne incognita and R. reniformis to low concentrations of fluopyram resulted in nematode paralysis and reduced penetration of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) roots (Faske and Hurd, 2015). Fluopyram has shown promise against plant-parasitic nematodes on ornamental and agriculturally important crops (Jeschke, 2016;Myers et al, 2020). Applications of fluopyram have shown potential against burrowing nematode (Radopholus similis) by improving anthurium (Anthurium andraeanum) plant vigor and cut flower production (Myers et al, 2020).…”

“…Fluopyram has shown promise against plant-parasitic nematodes on ornamental and agriculturally important crops (Jeschke, 2016;Myers et al, 2020). Applications of fluopyram have shown potential against burrowing nematode (Radopholus similis) by improving anthurium (Anthurium andraeanum) plant vigor and cut flower production (Myers et al, 2020). An in-season application of fluopyram was suppressive to sting nematode (Belonolaimus longicaudatus) on commercial strawberry (Watson et al, 2020).…”

“…It is formulated into an emulsifiable concentrate and sold as Molt-X ® (BioWorks, Inc., Victor, NY). It is a growth regulator that interferes with molting and metamorphosis in insects (Rembold et al, 2009). This chemical is widely used as a biological insecticide and nematicide because of shared physiological roles such as molting between insects and nematodes.…”