Table 1 Summary of the experimental settings and the crop management operations during the two microplot experiments

Sugar beet Cultivar

Nematode susceptible

Aimanta

Nematode tolerant

Bluefox

Nematode infestation level

600 eggs and J2 per 100 cm³ of soil

600 eggs and J2 per 100 cm³ of soil

Treatments

(1) Non-infested

(2) Nematode infested

(1) Non-infested

(2) Nematode infested

(3) Fosthiazate treatment

Sowing

May 6th 2014

May 4th 2015

Fertilizer application (Osmocote^® granules)

–

440 °Cd

Insecticide application

534, 1094 °Cd

857, 1419 °Cd

Fungicide application

1830 °Cd

2012 °Cd

Harvest

September 10th

(2200 °Cd—127 das)

August 27th

(2190 °Cd—115 das)