Today most commercial varieties have some tolerance to this complex. Very few varieties of cotton show significant tolerance to other major cotton nematodes. If practical at the end of the growing season, root systems of plants should be turned up and exposed. This helps reduce populations of certain nematodes by exposing them to drying and temperature extremes. Subsoiling can be used in some areas to aid deeper plant root penetration.
Irrigation reduces crop moisture stress in fields with high nematode populations.
Water should not be allowed to move from nematode infested fields to non-infested fields. Implements, tools, and equipment should be cleaned of soil and root debris before moving from infested to non-infested fields. Rotation of a non-host crop with cotton for one or more years reduces nematode populations. In North Carolina and South Carolina, sting nematodes can be reduced by rotating to watermelons or tobacco. This rotation works well in Georgia where peanut rotations can be used also.