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Environment Modification for Disease Management

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Handbook of Florists' Crops Diseases

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Florist’s crops are often grown under protection and, at least in some countries, in sophisticated greenhouses which permit control of the environment. In the warmer climates, they are also grown outdoors, thus with more limitations in environmental control. Understanding the effects of environmental parameters on pathogens makes environmental manipulation for disease control feasible. In some cases, the manipulation of the environmental parameters by itself permits effective reduction of the incidence of several diseases. Frequently, such manipulation of environmental parameters permits reduction of further interventions. This chapter considers the manipulation of temperature, RH, soil moisture, pH, and light as well as the solutions that can be applied in the case of soilless cultivation.

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This chapter reports results of research funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement no. 634179.

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  1. Centre of Competence Agroinnova, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, Italy

    Maria Lodovica Gullino & Angelo Garibaldi

  2. DISAFA, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco, Italy

    Maria Lodovica Gullino

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Gullino, M.L., Garibaldi, A. (2018). Environment Modification for Disease Management. In: McGovern, R., Elmer, W. (eds) Handbook of Florists' Crops Diseases. Handbook of Plant Disease Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39670-5_5

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