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Compost can be used in floriculture and in horticulture within integrated and biological disease control programs (1–2–4). It is in fact well known that vegetables and ornamental plants are often damaged by pathogenous fungi causing damping off and root rot.
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Ferrara, A.M., Avataneo, M., Nappi, P. (1996). First Experiments of Compost Suppressiveness to Some Phytopathogens. In: de Bertoldi, M., Sequi, P., Lemmes, B., Papi, T. (eds) The Science of Composting. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1569-5_131
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