Rhizosphere Microbiome Recruited from a Suppressive Compost Improves Plant Fitness and Increases Protection against Vascular Wilt Pathogens of Tomato

Rhizosphere Microbiome Recruited from a Suppressive Compost Improves Plant Fitness and Increases Protection against Vascular Wilt Pathogens of Tomato

Suppressive composts represent a sustainable approach to combat soilborne plant pathogens and an alternative to the ineffective chemical fungicides used against those. Nevertheless, suppressiveness to plant pathogens and reliability of composts are often inconsistent with unpredictable effects. Whil...

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Main Authors: Anastasis Antoniou, Maria-Dimitra Tsolakidou, Ioannis A. Stringlis, Iakovos S. Pantelides
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
compost
rhizosphere
Fusarium oxysporum
Verticillium dahliae
disease suppression
plant growth promotion
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.02022/full

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