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Theodoropoulou, A.; Giotis, C.; Hunt, J.; Gilroy, J.; Toufexi, E.; Liopa-Tsakalidis, A.; Markellou, A.; Lueck, L.; Seal, C.; Leifert, C.. |
Soil-borne diseases are one of the most important problems in organic and other ‘low input’ soil-based greenhouse production systems. While chemical soil disinfection has been the method of choice in conventional farming systems, soil steaming has been the main strategy for the control of soil borne diseases in organic production. Both methods are extremely expensive and have been increasingly restricted for environmental reasons by government and organic standard setting bodies respectively. The use of tolerant varieties and of grafting onto resistant rootstocks were evaluated as potential replacements for soil steaming in organic and low input systems and found to be as effective in reducing root disease and increasing root fresh weight, fruit yield and... |
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Breeding; Genetics and propagation Vegetables. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/10449/1/theodoropoulou%2Detal%2D2007%2Dresistant_rootstocks.pdf |
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