SOIL SOLARIZATION AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL FRIEND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SOIL-BORNE FUNGI INFESTING TOMATO PLANTS. | ||
| Journal of Plant Production | ||
| Article 12, Volume 31, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 241-247 PDF (2.12 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2006.235701 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Manal M. Zen-El-Dein,1; Magda F. Abo-Dakika2 | ||
| 1Central Laboratory of Pesticides; Sabahia, Alexandria, A.R.C. | ||
| 2Plant Pathology Dept. Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria Unv., Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The effect of soil solarization on the control of soil borne pathogens of tomato plants in the reclaimed sandy regions of Nubaria, EI-Beheira Governorate, Egypt was studied. Solar heating gradually reduced the isolated fungi to very low levels, comparable with non-wrapped treatments. Populations of Aspergillus spp., Penicillium spp., Fusarium spp., and Rhizoctonia so/ani were found to be reduced at the end of the solarization treatment (3 months). Tomato plants stand were observed in solarized plots indicating the positive effect of soil heating on reducing numbers of propagules of soil-borne pathogens. Thus, it could be concluded that soil-borne pathogens infest tomato plants can be controlled by planting the crop in solarized fields. These promising results indicate the possibility of using this method to control soil-borne diseases in the reclaimed sandy regions of Nubaria, EI-Beheira Governorate, Egypt. | ||
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