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disease management

11/13/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Botanists find natural farming methods effectively manage soil-borne fungus

The pathogenic soil fungus Verticillium dahliae has caused significant economic losses to farmers who grow spinach and lettuce in California. Chemical means of combating the infection are either ineffective or too toxic for the environment. Researchers therefore detailed natural means of protecting valuable crops from the increasingly widespread fungal disease. Verticillium dahliae first arrived in […]

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