Broccoli residues can control Verticillium wilt of cauliflower
Verticillium wilt, a damaging disease of cauliflower, was successfully managed in a multiple-year field study by incorporating broccoli residues into infested soil. In a study conducted from 1993 to 1995 in the Salinas Valley, cauliflower disease incidence and severity wer...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
2000-05-01
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| Series: | California Agriculture |
| Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v054n03p30 |
| Summary: | Verticillium wilt, a damaging disease of cauliflower, was successfully managed in
a multiple-year field study by incorporating broccoli residues into infested soil.
In a study conducted from 1993 to 1995 in the Salinas Valley, cauliflower disease
incidence and severity were consistently and significantly reduced in the broccoli
residue plots when compared with no broccoli. The commercial standard plots fumigated
with methyl bromide + chloropicrin had the lowest disease incidence and severity.
In both years of our tarping study, Verticillium wilt severity was lowest in the metham
sodium treatment. The cauliflower-Verticillium host-pathogen system therefore can
act as a model for controlling soil-borne diseases without the use of synthetic chemicals. |
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| ISSN: | 0008-0845 2160-8091 |