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Modeling Survival of Soilborne Phytophthora spp. and Characterizing Microbial Communities in Response to Soil Solarization and Biocontrol Amendment in Container Nursery Beds

Creator:

Funahashi, Fumiaki

Abstract:

In horticultural nurseries for container-grown plants, production and sales have been threatened by the presence of a quarantined plant pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum (causal agent of sudden oak death). Infested nursery beds are an important source of P. ramorum, which can initiate disease through movement with surface water to infect roots...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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Soil Solarization and Biocontrol Amendment in Container Nursery Beds Abstract approved