Replant disease of apple is common to all major apple growing regions of the world.
Difficulties in defining disease etiology, which can be exacerbated by abiotic factors, have …

Although it is generally accepted that plant community composition is key for predicting rates
of ecosystem processes in the face of global change, microbial community composition is …

Use of organic soil amendments is a traditional agricultural practice for improving physical
and chemical soil properties, soil structure, temperature and humidity conditions as well as …

The use of organic soil amendments, such as green manures, animal manures, composts or
slurries, certainly has many advantageous aspects for soil quality and is suggested as a …

Soil degradation caused by watermelon continuous cropping obstacle is a serious problem
in China. Compost, as a soil conditioner, has great potential in improving soil degradation. In …

The genus Pythium is one of the most important groups of soilborne plant pathogens,
present in almost every agricultural soil and attacking the roots of thousands of hosts …

Apple replant disease (ARD) has been reported from all major fruit-growing regions of the
world, and is often caused by a consortium of biological agents. The aim of this study was to …

Apple replant disorders are one of the causes of the downward trend of land planted with
apple orchards in Central Europe. A specific transnational survey was thus conducted on …

Application of bioorganic fertilizers has been reported to improve crop yields and change
soil bacterial community structure; however, little work has been done in apple orchard soils …

Cultural practices such as organic amendments, rotations, and use of biological control
organisms are regularly investigated for their effects on controlling plant diseases but their …