The significant problems caused by soilborne pathogens in crop production worldwide
include reduced crop performance, decreased yield, and higher production costs. In many …

Core Ideas Cover crops can effectively suppress weeds after termination and up to early
stage of crop growth. Use of cover crops for early season weed suppression did not affect …

Production of many crops, including bananas, is threatened worldwide by the spread of
pathogenic strains of Fusarium oxysporum, the causal agent of Fusarium wilt. Severity of the …

Food security has become one of the greatest challenges of the millennium and it is
predicted to be exacerbated by climate change due to the adverse effects of soil temperature …

Anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) is an ecological alternative to chemical soil fumigation.
The method consists in incorporating easily decomposable organic materials into the soil …

Reductive soil disinfestation (RSD) and biochar amendment are considered sustainable
management practices to improve degraded vegetable soil. However, the combined effects …

Anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) is proposed as an alternative to the use of chemical
fumigants against Fusarium wilt in strawberry crops. Different residual wastes (rice bran …

Reductive soil disinfestation (RSD) is an effective agricultural practice to eliminate soil-borne
pathogens that heavily relies on the organic substrate used. However, the influences of …

Soil-borne disease management in California strawberry production systems has historically
relied upon pre-plant soil fumigation. Restricted efficacy of currently available fumigant …

The loss of methyl bromide as a soil fumigant and minimal advances in the development
and registration of new chemical fumigants has resulted in a resurgence of interest in the …