Organic Amendments and Soil Suppressiveness in Plant Disease Management

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Organic Amendments and Soil Suppressiveness in Plant Disease Management is written by Mukesh K. Meghvansi and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 331923076X (ISBN 10) and 9783319230764 (ISBN 13).

This book provides a timely review of concepts in plant disease management involving microbial soil suppressiveness and organic amendments. Topics discussed include the impact of suppressive soils on plant pathogens and agricultural productivity, the enhancement of soil suppressiveness through the application of compost and the development of disease suppressive soils through agronomic management. Further chapters describe diseases caused by phytopathogens, such as Pythium, Fusarium and Rhizoctonia, interaction of rhizobia with soil suppressiveness factors, biocontrol of plant parasitic nematodes by fungi and soil suppressive microorganisms.