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  4. DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE ECONOMICAL MICROBIAL STRATEGIES TO COMBAT MAJOR NEMATODE AND FUNGAL PESTS IN TURFGRASS SYSTEMS

DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE ECONOMICAL MICROBIAL STRATEGIES TO COMBAT MAJOR NEMATODE AND FUNGAL PESTS IN TURFGRASS SYSTEMS

Objective

Optimizing application timing for preventative use of nematicides for managing sting and root-knot nematodes in turfgrass systems.Assessing endophytic fungi/bacteria and bacterial metabolites associated with entomopathogenic nematodes to control pathogenic nematodes and fungi as well as analyzing the functional interactions between turfgrass and its microbiome.Evaluate the economic profitability of the developed practice(s), and implement extension and outreach activities

Investigators
Hajihassani, A.; Shapiro-Ilan, DA, IA.; Lai, JO, .; Schiavon, MA, .; Wong, CO, .; Stingl, UL, .
Institution
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Start date
2022
End date
2025
Funding Source
Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture
Project number
FLA-FTL-006237
Accession number
1029127
https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/1029127.html