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Challenges in Controlling Verticillium Wilt by the Use of Nonchemical Methods

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Verticillium wilt is one of the most serious soilborne diseases worldwide. Three non-fumigant control methods that appear to have great potential for reducing losses due to wilt and other soilborne pathogens are detailed here. High nitrogen organic amendments and products containing volatile fatty acids (VFAs) can significantly reduce disease severity and inoculum density but only under specific soil conditions. Identification of the modes of action for these products provides new avenues to improve their efficacy. Broccoli amendments also effectively reduce Verticillium wilt and have great potential for use on a large scale where economics allow. Grafting susceptible cultivars onto Verticillium resistant root stocks has become widely adopted in many countries. Eggplants and tomatoes provide a good model system for testing this technology. Promising results have been obtained under diverse disease pressure and soil and climatic conditions.

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    George Lazarovits

  2. Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis 1636 E, Alisal St, Salinas, 93905, CA, USA

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Lazarovits, G., Subbarao, K. (2010). Challenges in Controlling Verticillium Wilt by the Use of Nonchemical Methods. In: Gisi, U., Chet, I., Gullino, M. (eds) Recent Developments in Management of Plant Diseases. Plant Pathology in the 21st Century, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8804-9_18

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