PROTECTION OF UNINFESTED LAND:

MEANS OF DISTRIBUTION -

• SELF-DISPERSAL (1 METER PER YEAR)
• SOIL MOVED BY EQUIPMENT WITHIN FIELDS
• DIRTY EQUIPMENT MOVED BETWEEN FIELDS
• FURROW OR FLOOD IRRIGATION (DRY CYSTS FLOAT)
• REUSE OF IRRIGATION WATER
• RETURNING TARE SOIL TO FIELD
• WIND
• HOOVES OF ANIMALS
• CATTLE MANURE
• SHOES
• CONTAMINATED SEED

Many of the preventative techniques in this list are covered in the unit on prevention.

Note that on their own, sugarbeet cyst nematode is thought to move than than a meter a year.

Most of the techniques deal with the movement of nematodes in soil or water.

Sugarbeet cyst nematode has been shown to be able to survive passage through the intestines of cattle.

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