Clemson University

1. Award Purpose: to Construct a Containment Facility at the Clemson University Edisto Research and Education Center for the Continued Research of Guava Root Knot Nematode Integrated Management Practices. This Will Be a Two-year Agreement. 2. Activities to Be Performed: in the First Year, Clemson Will Construct a 10 Acre Containment Facility and Infest Fields With Guava Root Knot Nematode. in the Second Year, Clemson Will Begin Conducting Trials. Trials Will Focus on the Growing of Sweet Potatoes (a Crop Susceptible to Guava Root Knot Nematode) and Will Test the Efficacy of Cover Crops, Rotations, Nematicides, and New Germplasm for the Control of Guava Root Knot Nematode. 3. Deliverables and Expected Outcomes: Construction of a Contained Research Facility to Be Used for Coordinated Management Trials Under Controlled Conditions for Guava Root Knot Nematode. 4. Intended Beneficiary(ies): South Carolina Farmers and Growers Affected by Guava Root-knot Nematode and the General Public. 5. Subrecipient Activities, If Known or Specified at the Time of Award: None.