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Sustainable Management of Soil-Borne Plant Diseases (Summary)
Sustainable Management of Soil-Borne Plant Diseases (Summary)
Soil-borne
diseases result from a reduction of biodiversity of soil organisms.
Restoring beneficial organisms that attack, repel, or otherwise
antagonize disease-causing pathogens will render a soil disease-suppressive.
Plants growing in disease-suppressive soil resist diseases much
better than in soils low in biological diversity. Beneficial
organisms can be added directly, or the soil environment made
more favorable for them through use of compost and other organic
amendments. Compost quality determines its effectiveness at suppressing
soil-borne plant diseases. Compost quality can be determined
through laboratory testing.
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Last Updated December 28, 2007
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