Re: [compost_tea] Re: Root-knot nematodes

From: Paul Sachs <pdsachs_at_localnet.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 08:31:45 -0400

Rich Buckley, a researcher at Rutgers told me that Arthobotrys (those fungi=
 that lasso and kill phytopathogenic nematodes) are ubiquitous. In his exa=
mination of soils from all over the world, every sample had them.

Paul Sachs
North Country Organics
P.O. Box 372
203 Depot St
Bradford, VT 05033
802.222.4277
fax 802.222.9661
pds_at_norganics.com
www.norganics.com

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: dkemnitz2000
  To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 7:22 PM
  Subject: [compost_tea] Re: Root-knot nematodes


  --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, soilfoodweb_at_a... wrote:
> To trap nematodes, you need little tiny lassos, or maybe fishing
  lines.
>
> OK, I'll behave. What you need to do is find a good source of
  forest soil that has the nematodes. I should go back through the SFI
  database and point out to people where the good sites are that we
  know about.
>
> Mark Sturges (MGrove_at_h...) has good nematodes and the best
  diversity in his worm compost that I've ever seen in compost. Joe
  Richards has lots of bacterial-feeders in his worm compost (sorry, no
  e-mail, you can look on the SFI website for his info, in the products
  section).
>
> The HJ Andrews - in un-disturbed areas - has great diversity of
  nematodes. The HJ Andrews is an long term ecological study site of
  the NSF, in the mts in Oregon. The forests around Fort Lewis in
  Washington State - again, undisturbed - have good diversity, but be
  careful of the tanks rolling around. They get fairly nasty about
  unauthorized people on the property, so maybe not a good place to go
  on your own. And again, you have to know where the place has not
  been disturbed.
>
> So, the best way to do an inoculum is to test a few local places
  you think would be good for nematodes, again, undisturbed to the
  greatest extent possible.
>
> You can do the Bearman funnel extraction, and see all the wigglies
  with a disecting scope, but you need to be able to ID them to know if
  they are good or bad guys. You need a DIC microscope to do that.
  Send them to SFI for ID. Or hope for the best in your compost.
>


  <><><><><<<<<<<<<<<<<>When is open house (show and tell) at your
  lab? Dennis






> Elaine Ingham
> President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
> SFI Corvallis, OR
> SFI Port Jefferson, NY
> SFI Lismore, NSW, Australia
> SFI Hilversum, The Netherlands
> SFI Cambridge, New Zealand
> www.soilfoodweb.com


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