PLANT-PARASITIC NEMATODES PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC HURDLE FACED BY STRAWBERRY AND VEGETABLE FARMERS IN FLORIDA. PRIOR TO ITS PHASE-OUT, METHYL BROMIDE WAS THE CORNERSTONE OF NEMATODE MANAGEMENT IN INFESTED FIELDS IN FLORIDA. ALTERNATIVE FUMIGANTS HAVE NOW BEEN ADOPTED; HOWEVER, DISEASE INCIDENCE AND ECONOMIC LOSSES ARE STEADILY RISING. NEW NON-FUMIGANT NEMATICIDES HAVE NOW BECOME AVAILABLE TO GROWERS. IN RECENTLY CONDUCTED SMALL-PLOT FIELD TRIALS, NON-FUMIGANT NEMATICIDES PROVIDED EXCELLENT NEMATODE MANAGEMENT ON STRAWBERRY AND TOMATO. THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE GROWER ADOPTION OF NON-FUMIGANT NEMATICIDES AS A COMPONENT OF AN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IN FLORIDA STRAWBERRY AND VEGETABLES. USING DEMONSTRATION TRIALS CONDUCTED AT COMMERCIAL STRAWBERRY, TOMATO, AND CUCUMBER FARMS WE WILL DEMONSTRATE THE EFFICACY OF NON-FUMIGANT NEMATICIDES RELATIVE TO THAT OF CURRENT METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES. BY CONDUCTING COST BENEFIT ANALYSES WE HOPE TO ENCOURAGE GROWERS THAT NON-FUMIGANT NEMATICIDES CAN BE AN ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE NEMATODE MANAGEMENT OPTION. LASTLY, BY HOLDING GROWER SPECIFIC WORKSHOPS AND FIELD TOURS, WE HOPE TO IMPROVE GROWER KNOWLEDGE OF NON-FUMIGANT NEMATICIDES. OVERALL, WE BELIEVE THIS EXTENSION PROJECT WILL PROVIDE THE FINAL PUSH FOR GROWER ADOPTION OF NON-FUMIGANT NEMATICIDES IN STRAWBERRY AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN FLORIDA.