Soils used for vegetable production in Florida are sandy, have low organic matter content and fertility, and can support the growth of soil-borne pathogens. Some growers choose to apply compost as an antagonistic suppression approach to combat soil-borne disease effects on crop yields or to increase organic matter and improve soil fertility. The objective of this on-farm study was to determine ...

A Basidiomycota endomycorrhizal fungus, Piriformospora indica Verma, colonizes and promotes the growth of canola (Brassica napus L.) other Brassica crops can reduce diseases crops. Clubroot is an important disease caused by obligate, soil-borne pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin. The effect P. on clubroot severity in was assessed replicated room studies. Seed treated with using a proprie...

Among the millions of microorganisms inhabiting soils, some can be plant pathogens, meaning they become a disease to plants. Some diseases are more well-known than others. This is case clubroot, very atypical microorganism that infects cruciferous plants, such as cabbage, kale, canola, and common research thale cress. In this article, I will tell you about clubroot because there still lot disco...