Dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) as an effective soil fumigant against nematodes in China

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 10; p. e0224456
• Main Authors: Yan, Dongdong, Cao, Aocheng, Wang, Qiuxia, Li, Yuan, Canbin, Ouyang, Guo, Meixia, Guo, Xiaoqin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 28.10.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Agriculture; Alternatives; Animals; Antinematodal Agents - toxicity; Biology and Life Sciences; Bromine compounds; Chemicals; China; Crop diseases; Crop yield; Crop yields; Crops; Cultivation; Disulfides - toxicity; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Effectiveness; Experiments; Farmers; Feasibility Studies; Fumigation; Horticulture; Knots; Laboratory experiments; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Methyl bromide; Nematodes; Novels; Physical Sciences; Plant diseases; Roundworms; Social aspects; Soil - parasitology; Soils; Tomatoes; Tylenchoidea - drug effects; China; Beijing China; Italy

Root-knot nematode is an important soil pest in horticulture crops and constrains the protected cultivation development after methyl bromide (MB) was phased out in China. Dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) exhibits excellent efficacy against nematodes. Laboratory experiments and field trials were set up to c...