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Suppression of soil-borne pathogens of tomato by composts derived from agro-industrial wastes abundant in Mediterranean regions
2008-09-01
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We studied nine composts derived from wastes and by-products of the olive oil, wine, and Agaricus mushroom agro-industries. They were mixed with peat at 1:3 w w ⁻¹ ratios and comparatively evaluated in pot experiments to assess suppressiveness against soil-borne and foliar pathogens of tomato. All compost amendments demonstrated high levels of suppressiveness against Phytophthora nicotianae Breda de Haan in tomato...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 5ff2e048-efdb-55f8-b091-5ea5aed93b1b
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00374-008-0295-1
