Need Help identifying

[Avonnow]

I put a bunch of crowder peas in this summer, kinda a cover crop and if they produced well all the better. It was half and half. Got tons of rain and they do not do well with alot of rain, they like it dry. Anyhow when I ripped them out, this is what the roots looked like - are these nematodes, or is it disease - it was white in color .

I did have a big ant - aphid problem to start, but got ladybugs in spades who did the trick, but it was stressful for awhile, any thoughts. Just curious. Oh and I learned a big lesson - I guess a cover crop doesn't do anything unless you let it die and till it under, I feel like a dufus - wasted my time I think.

[img]https://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc119/Avonnow/fb1d2be57642fd939f8fda11d004b7aa.jpg[/img]

[Francis Barnswallow]

Looks like nematodes to me, not 100% sure though. Had that happen to my tomatoes 2 years ago. The roots looked exactly like that and I was told it was nematodes.

[gumbo2176]

I'll second the nematode diagnosis. I had that problem in the last house I lived in and had a hard time getting a summer garden going through the season because of them. They will allow the plants to grow, put out some produce, then things start to go south with little production of vegetables and stunted growth of the plants.

[HonoluluGirl]

Could it be nitrogen fixing nodules in the roots? I have no idea what they look like, but found some information:

https://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_a/a-129.pdf

https://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/N/NitrogenFixation.html

https://www.ehow.com/info_8083292_kind-fertilizer-planting-crowder-peas.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_nodule