LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF SOIL SOLARIZATION ON DENSITY LEVELS OF SOIL-BORNE FUNGI AND STALK-ROT INCIDENCE IN SORGHUM | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 78, Issue 2, July 2000, Page 575-585 PDF (2.9 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2000.321968 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| SALAH E. BOTROSS; ELHAM M. EL-ASSIUTY; ZEINAB M. FAHMY; THARWAT M. ABDEL-RAHMAN | ||||
| Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The effect of soil solarization on the control of soil-borne pathogens of grain sorghum, in Upper Egypt, was studied. Solar heating gradually reduced most of the isolated fungi to very low levels, comparable to the non-tarped treatments. Populations of Aspergillus spp., Penicilli um spp. and Macrophomina phaseolina were found to increase at the end of the solarization treatment i.e. 6 months. Sorghum plant stand increased in solarized plots indicating the positive effect of soil heating on reducing numbers of propagules of soil-borne pathogens. Also, stalk-rot disease of grain sorghum could be controlled by planting the crop in solarized plots. These promising results indicate the possibility of using this method to control soil-borne diseases in Upper Egypt. | ||||
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