Soil disinfestation with steam has been evaluated in strawberry fruiting fields as a nonchemical method of soil disinfestation; however, little is known about the use for field production daughter plants. The objective this study was to compare plant soils previously treated compared those standard methyl bromide (MB) and chloropicrin (Pic) treatments. A prototype applicator self-propelled dies...

Twenty-one species belonging to ten genera of zoosporic fungi were recovered from 23 surface water samples collected from ponds of accumulated rainfall in the Riyadh region (Saudi Arabia) using sesame seeds as baits at 20 ± 2 C. The most common genera were Allomyces (3 species), Aqualinderella (I species), Dictyuchus (2 species) and Pythium (3 species). The remaining six genera were less freque...

Biological control agents for plant diseases are currently being examined as alternatives to synthetic pesticides due to their perceived increased level of safety and minimal environmental impacts. Fungal biological control agents have several mechanisms of action that allow them to control pathogens, including mycoparasitism, production of antibiotics or enzymes, competition for nutrients and ...