Cotton Nematode Research and Education Program

This Cotton Foundation project, sponsored by Bayer CropScience, provides producers, consultants, extension personnel and others useful information on detecting and controlling cotton's "hidden enemies".

Disease Database
Historical losses due to disease and nematodes.

Management of Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Cotton
A webcast to help consultants, cotton producers, and other practitioners better understand how to match management options to specific situations.

About the Cotton Nematode Research and Education Program
Details about how the program is funded and what the program objectives are.

Beltwide Yield Losses to Nematode Damage
Annual percentages of Beltwide yield losses to nematodes have been recorded since the 1952 crop.

Contact Information
Find committee members, submit questions, or order free information.

Nematode Management Practice
The purpose of nematode management is to keep nematode population densities at a low level during the early growing season to allow cotton plants to establish healthy root systems.

Soil Sampling to Assess Cotton Nematode Population Distributions and Densities
Soil Sampling to Assess Cotton Nematode Population Distributions and Densities

State Survey Activities
State Survey Activities

Population Distributions and Densities Maps
Cotton Nematode Population Distributions and Densities Maps

Understanding Cotton Nematodes
What are nematodes? Where are cotton nematodes found in the U.S.?What are the major cotton nematode species?