Beans and peas are grown throughout Florida. In sandy soils, they are often damaged by rootknot, sting, awl, and stubbyroot nematodes. In rockbased Dade Co. and muck soils, rootknot and reinform nematodes are most important. Soilborne diseases are often as important as nematodes, and chemical treatments are chosen as often to reduce losses to other pathogens as nematodes. Multifumigants such as Vapam, and Telone C17 are often used as row treatments to reduce both nematode and fungus losses; relatively low label rates are sometimes adequate for nematode and disease suppression for snap beans because their short 45 to 60 days growing season limits time for pest reproduction.

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