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How To Suppress Soil Pest and Disease Levels in Cucumbers to Below Economic Damage

Cucumbers are highly susceptible to soil-borne pests and diseases, with even moderate levels capable of causing significant economic loss. Effective soil management prior to planting is critical to protecting yield and quality.

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How To Suppress Soil Pest and Disease Levels in Cucumbers to Below Economic Damage
How To Suppress Soil Pest and Disease Levels in Cucumbers to Below Economic Damage

Cucumbers are highly susceptible to soil-borne pests and diseases, with even moderate levels capable of causing significant economic loss. Effective soil management prior to planting is critical to protecting yield and quality.

1/13/2026
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AL Cucumber Field – Fumigation Tutorial

Josh Mays was out with a crew setting up a low dose chloropicrin trial on some cucumbers in Alabama not long ago. He walked through an in-row flat fumigation application and how it works in a strip-till situation in this video.

6/10/2024
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How to Suppress Soil Pest and Disease Levels In Cucumbers to Below Economic Damage
How to Suppress Soil Pest and Disease Levels In Cucumbers to Below Economic Damage

Cucumbers are one of the most pest and disease susceptible vegetable crops and are sensitive to Nematodes, Rhizoctonia and Pythium levels. Moderate numbers of each detected on the SARDI DNA tests will cause economic damage and result in yield losses.

12/4/2022