Abstract Numerous studies have demonstrated that soil applications of biochar contribute to plant disease suppression and growth promotion. Here, we quantitatively evaluated the performance biochars on production using meta-analysis literature data. The results indicated amendment dramatically reduced severity (DS) by 47.46% while increasing biomass 44.05%. highest was achieved with application...

A variety of non-chemical alternatives to methyl bromide (MB) fumigation of soil for horticultural crop production have been researched in the USA. Non-chemical alternatives are highly desirable but difficult to implement to reproduce the benefits normally obtained by preplant fumigation of soil in strawberry production. Production of pathogen-free, high-quality planting materials using steam a...

Abstract Isothiocyanates are biotoxic degradation products formed as a result of enzymatic hydrolysis glucosinolates present in Brassica species. The application biofumigant crops, an alternative crop protection method for soilborne pathogens and pests is increasingly gaining interest. However, little known the potential biofumigation to reduce inoculum Fusarium species affecting cereals. aim t...

Plant growth and nutrition are adversely affected by various factors such as water stress, high temperature, plant pathogens. Plant-associated microbes play a vital role in the development of their hosts under biotic abiotic stresses. The use rhizosphere microbiome for stimulation biological control fungal disease can lead to improved crop productivity. Mechanisms used plant-growth-promoting rh...

Lettuce crop is an important horticultural of several Mediterranean countries, including Italy. The Italian region which a major producer lettuce crops Apulia, where this cultivated in open fields greenhouses. Since microbial pathogens are responsible for diseases found on produced greenhouses, study, the experimental activities focused most severe fungal soilborne pathogens, i.e., Sclerotinia ...

fluorescent pseudomonads are important biocontrol agents showing capability to restrict or suppress phytopathogens, especially the fungal pathogens via production of some inhibitory metabolites and siderophores directly, and promote the plant growth through some different phytohormones. the objective of this research is to screen and introduce pseudomonas fluorescens utpf68 as a new biocontrol ...

The current standard treatment for management of soilborne pests in some high-value crop production systems is preplant fumigation with mixtures of methyl bromide and chloropicrin. With the impending phase-out of methyl bromide, the agricultural industries that rely on soil fumigation face the need for development of alternative pest management strategies. To maintain farm productivity, immedia...