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In Martinique or La Réunion, French authorities recently banned the use of pesticides for management “soil-borne pathogens” on pineapple after several decades intensive monoculture where natural balance between beneficial and harmful communities soil organisms has disappeared. Today, increasing infestation by nematode R. reniformis other causes severe damage to crop. New cropping systems with i...

Abstract Yellow leaf curl disease caused by pepper yellow virus (PepYLCV) and transmitted the whitefly ( Bemisia tabaci ), becomes main problem in major horticultural crops, including chili pepper. The control of insect vector is crucial to overwhelm diseases. experiment was designed verify efficacy integrated focused on barrier crops healthy seedling techniques reduce crowdedness, prevalence v...

In no-tillage areas, cover crops are a continuous supply of organic matter and other positive improvements to the soil’s structural quality. We evaluated soil physical attributes in area cultivated with brassica on residues under no-tillage. Six coverages [1-Brachiaria (B), 2-Sunn hemp (S), 3-Pearl millet (M), 4-S + B; 5-B M; 6-S M] native (Cerrado biome), were for resistance penetration (RP), ...