The Role of Soil Solarization in India: How an Unnoticed Practice Could Support Pest Control [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017 Plant protection represents one of the strategies to fill the yield gap and to achieve food security, a key topic for India development. Analysis of climate risks for crops indicates that South Asia is one of the regions most exposed to the adverse ...
Harsimran K. Gill +3 more
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Enhanced activity of Trichoderma asperellum introduced in solarized soil and its implications on the integrated control of strawberry-black root rot [PDF]
HeliyonAn effective method for maintaining the activity and longevity of microorganisms in adverse conditions is microencapsulation. In the present study, synthetic alginate pellets were developed as carriers for the biocontrol agent Trichoderma asperellum.
Ibrahim Elshahawy +3 more
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HortScience, 2023 High tunnel production has increased in the past 10 years in Kentucky with more than 1500 high tunnels constructed across the state. Tomato is the most popular and most valuable high tunnel crop per square foot. This has contributed to a lack of rotation
Rachel E. Rudolph +2 more
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Comparison between an Innovative Solarization System and Dazomet-Based Fumigation
Soil Systems, 2023 An innovative soil solarization system based on biochar was recently proposed. The difference with traditional solarization lies in the use, after soil irrigation, of a biodegradable black liquid sprayed on the soil surface in order to obtain a black ...
Massimo Rippa +4 more
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EFFECT OF SOIL SOLARIZATION ON VEGETATIVE GROWTH, YIELD, DAMPING OFF AND WILT INFECTION OF EXPORT CANTALOUPE IN UPPER EGYPT [PDF]
Journal of Plant Production, 2007 This study was carried out during the two successive seasons of 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 in Upper Egypt at Draw-Benban Bahary, Aswan Governorate.
S. Kabeel, M. El-Sheshtawi
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Soil solarization based on natural soil moisture: a practical approach for reducing the seed bank of invasive plants in wetlands [PDF]
NeoBiota, 2019 Soil solarization is a well-established method to disinfect soil for efficient weed control. However, the feasibility of applying this method in the restoration of invaded natural habitats is unclear.
Oded Cohen +6 more
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Studies on the Effect of Type and Solarization Period on Germination Percentage of Four Weed Species
پژوهشهای زراعی ایران, 2011 In order to study the effects of soil solarization on weed control, an experiment with factorial arrangement in a randomized complete block design with four replications was conducted in a fallow farm in Daregaz in 2008.
J. Rostam +2 more
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2023 Background Tomato plant leaves can be wilted by the presence of various species of soil-residing bacteria, especially Ralstonia solanacearum. Soil solarization has proven to be an environment-friendly method for disease management in various crops ...
Olumide Ekundayo Omotayo +1 more
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Yield response of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam) to soil solarization and nutrient management under micro-fertigation technique [PDF]
SVU-International Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020 Sweet potato production is affected with different problems related to incidence of insect pests and diseases, and erratic climatic conditions which hamper the production by 41.33 to 42.22 percent, respectively. Thus, this study which was conducted aimed
R.M. Salvador, Dionesio Bañoc
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EVALUATION OF SOIL SOLARIZATION IN COMBINATION WITH GREEN MANURE AMENDMENT ON SURVIVAL OF SOIL FUNGI, WEEDS AND YIELD OF TWO VARIETIES OF ZUCCHINI PLANTS [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2006 An Experiment was conducted in 2004 at King Abdulaziz University Agricultural Experimental Station, in the Western region of Saudi Arabia to evaluate the effect of soil solarization, by mulching the soil with transparent polyethylene sheets in ...
Y. Sunbol,
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