Root Knot Nematode of Cucurbits

Symptoms

Root galls, stunted growth, and wilting during hot weather.

Favorable conditions

• •Warm, sandy soils
• •Continuous planting of susceptible crops

Management

1. 1Use resistant varieties
2. 2Solarize or fumigate infested soil
3. 3Rotate with non-host crops
4. 4Apply nematicides where populations are damaging