Incidence of Criconemella spp. and Peach Orchard Histories in Short-Life and Non-Short-Life Sites in Georgia and South Carolina. A. P. Nyczepir, Nematologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 87, Byron, GA 31008. P. F. Bertrand, Associate Professor, Extension Plant Pathologist, University of Georgia, Tifton 31794; R. W. Miller, Professor, Extension Plant Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631; and R. E. Motsinger, Extension Nematologist, University of Georgia, Athens 30602. Plant Dis. 69:874-877. Accepted for publication 22 February 1985. This article is in the public domain and not copyrightable. It may be freely reprinted with customary crediting of the source. The American Phytopathological Society, 1985. DOI: 10.1094/PD-69-874.

Plant-parasitic nematode populations in soil and peach roots were determined in peach tree short-life (PTSL) and non-PTSL orchards in Georgia and South Carolina. Criconemella xenoplax was predominant in all orchards in both states. Other Criconemella spp. detected in this study included C. ornata and C. sphaerocephala, with the former occurring more frequently than the latter. Loamy sand soils were predominant in Georgia and South Carolina PTSL orchards, with pH and percent sand being greater in South Carolina. Soil textural class and C. xenoplax were common factors associated with PTSL orchards in Georgia and South Carolina.

Keyword(s): Prunus persica, ring nematode.