CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES:

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NEMATICIDES
COMPARATIVE EFFICACY AND COST
WHAT'S MISSING FROM COST FIGURES?
RELATIVE TOXICITIES OF NEMATICIDES
MODE OF ACTION OF NEMATICIDES

• HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON NEMATICIDES
  
• METHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE LIBERATORS
  
• CARBAMATES & ORGANOPHOSPHATES
  

SOIL FUMIGATION

• FACTORS AFFECTING EFFECTIVENESS OF METHYL BROMIDE
  
• FACTORS AFFECTING EFFECTIVENESS TELONE II
  
• METHYL BROMIDE VS. TELONE II
  
• LAND PREPARATION
  
• SAMPLE SCHEDULE FOR ORCHARD SITE PREPARATION
  
• SOIL TEXTURE
  
• SOIL TEMPERATURE
  
• SOIL MOISTURE
  
• TAKING SOIL SAMPLES FOR MOISTURE DETERMINATION
  
• TO DETERMINE SOIL MOISTURE
  
• FUMIGATING INDIVIDUAL TREE SITES
  
• TELONE II - SINGLE APPLICATION
  
• TELONE II - SPLIT APPLICATION
  
• EVALUATING SOIL FUMIGATION
  

METAM-SODIUM

• SOIL TYPE & TEMPERATURE AFFECT ACTIVITY OF METAM-SODIUM
  
• METHODS OF APPLICATION OF METAM-SODIUM RANKED IN ORDER OF EFFECTIVENESS IN U.C. TRIALS
  

ORGANOPHOSPHATES AND CARBAMATES: NEMATISTATS OR NEMATICIDES

• NEMACUR
  • MOBILITY OF PRATYLENCHUS PENETRANS & DITYLENCHUS DIPSACI
    
  • TIME FOR MORTALITY TO OCCUR (DAYS)
    
• EFFECTS OF TEMIK ON NEMATODE BEHAVIOR
  

PHYTOTOXICITY

PROBLEMS POTENTIALLY RESULTING FROM NEMATICIDE USE

• LOSS FOLLOWING APPLICATION
  
• CHEMICALS WITH GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR LEACHING
  
• FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO LEACHING
  

EFFECTS ON CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE
RELATIVE SAFETY OF NEMATICIDES - MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS

• METHYL BROMIDE
  
• AUTOMOTIVE GASOLINE, LEAD-FREE
  
• SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE (BLEACH)
  

LEGISLATION PERTAINING TO NEMATICIDES

• EXAMPLE - SPECIAL REVIEW OF TELONE II
  
• REASON FOR INITIATION OF THE SPECIAL REVIEW
  
• NTP TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE CARCINOGENESIS STUDIES OF TELONE II
  
• FORESTOMACH
  
• LIVER
  
• LUNG
  
• URINARY BLADDER
  

USEFUL LINKS:

Dept of Pesticide Registration

EPA Ozone

Oregon Search Extoxnet

UCIPM Project

California Pesticide Use Data

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