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eliminates the host plants for a period sufficient to starve out the pests. In addition, eliminating weeds on which many nematodes also feed may be helpful in reducing nematode-transmitted viruses in the soil.
If your plants begin to show symptoms which suggest disease or infection, it is wise to have a diagnosis made. Local Virginia Cooperative Extension Agents have information on procedures for submitting plant samples for diagnoses.
Infected Plants Must
Be Destroyed
Should the samples be diagnosed as virus-infected, the plants must be dug and destroyed as soon as possible to prevent transmission of the disease to healthy plants.
As the old saying goes-and ounce of prevent is worth a pound of cure. Talking precautions that reduce the incidence of viral infections in small fruit plantings will result in bountiful harvest for years to come.
Information in this column is adapted from “Keeping Small Fruits Virus-Free” by Jerry M. Williams, assistant professor, Horticulture at Virginia Tech.
(Dr. Diane Relf is a horticulture ( specialist with Virginia Cooperative Extension and is a member of the faculty of Virginia Tech.)
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