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CONTROL OF PYRENOCHAETA LYCOPERSICI BY COMBINED SOIL SOLARISATION AND LOW DOSE OF METHYL BROMIDE IN GREECE
Article number
152_27
Pages
253 – 258
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Abstract
Two-year field trials, conducted in out of season tomato cultivations (Preveza county-Greece), showed that the integration of soil solarisation with chemical disinfestation results to the effective control of the corky root rot fungus Pyrenochaeta lycopersici. Disease incidence, based on the severity of root rot symptoms and the weight of the root system of the uprooted plants, including the stem below the soil level after harvesting, revealed that the effectiveness of solar heating in combination with reduced dose of methyl bromide (34 g/m2) is identical to the treatment with a full dose of the chemical (68 g/m2). Soil mulching itself was less effective but all treatments were statistically significant compared to the untreated plots.
This combined soil disinfestation method could be considered as a departure from the classical techniques if applied to geographical regions with reasonably high air temperatures during summer.
This combined soil disinfestation method could be considered as a departure from the classical techniques if applied to geographical regions with reasonably high air temperatures during summer.
Authors
E.C. Tjamos
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