Short Life of Peach Trees Induced byCriconemella xenoplax

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Abstract
Rooted ''Nemaguard'' peach cuttings in biodegradable pots in the greenhouse were inoculated with 5800 C. xenoplax and a low population of Tylenchorhynchus claytoni and transplanted 1 mo later into lysimeter tanks previously fumigated with methyl bromide. Within 4 yr after transplanting, 9 of 10 inoculated trees died after showing cold injury symptoms typically associated with peach tree short life. Cold injury also occurred in one control tree that became infested with C. xenoplax during the 1st yr after planting but not in control trees that were not infested during the 4-yr period.