Articles
CONTROL OF SOIL-BORNE PATHOGENS AND WEEDS IN LEAF SALAD MONOCULTURE BY USE OF A SELF-PROPELLED SOIL-STEAMING MACHINE
Article number
532_14
Pages
125 – 130
Language
Abstract
On three sites the machine raised temperatures to 100°C in the top 10 cm, with temperature increase reducing with increasing depth.
With one exception five soil-borne pathogens and native Pythium species were killed to a depth of 10 cm.
On light soil the effective kill depth increased to 15 cm.
At some sites weed control reached 95–98 % on bed surfaces and the majority of weeds recorded after treatment were wind-blown species.
With one exception five soil-borne pathogens and native Pythium species were killed to a depth of 10 cm.
On light soil the effective kill depth increased to 15 cm.
At some sites weed control reached 95–98 % on bed surfaces and the majority of weeds recorded after treatment were wind-blown species.
Authors
M.P.C. Pinel, W. Bond, J.G. White
Keywords
Salad crops, raised beds, methyl bromide replacement, non-selective kill
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