Strategies for quantifying and controlling free living nematode populations and consequent damage by tobacco rattle virus to improve potato yield and quality: work package 2 (field trials)

The FLN counts reported from individual plots ranged from 1 to 870 trichodorids and 0 to141 Pratylenchus species per 200 g soil. The outcomes of these trials demonstrated that the spatial distribution of FLN can vary significantly across a field, highlighting the importance of ensuring that a representative sample of the entire field is taken when sampling for FLN.