TELONE II Shines in Tests

In recent University of Florida research trials, TELONE II soil fumigant out-performed all other nematicides and seed treatments for control of reniform nematodes in cotton.

Dow AgroSciences, the makers of TELONE II says the results show it is much more effective than other commonly used products in reducing nematode populations in soils, thus improving lint yields. TELONE II controls all major species of nematodes, including root knot, reniform, stubby root and cyst nematodes.

“TELONE II has been found to be the superior nematicidal product and should be used anytime nematode problems are suspected.” says J. R. Rich, University of Florida Extension specialist and professor of entomology and nematology.

Rich, along with D .L. Wright, Extension specialist and professor of agronomy, University of Florida, conducted the studies at the university’s North Florida Research and Education Center in Quincy, FL, throughout the 2007 growing season. The field experiments compared nematicides and seed treatments used to manage reniform nematode in cotton.

Population densities of reniform nematodes in pretreatment soil samples were at moderately damaging levels. At harvest, reniform nematode population densities were nearly 50% lower in the four treatments of TELONE II, significantly less than all other treatments in the test. There was no substantial difference in reniform nematode population densities among other single treatments.