Wafaa, M. Haggag
Plant Pathology Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Egypt
ABSTRACT
This review aims to achieve sustainable management of the fungal pathogens diseases by regulation and exploitation of the microbial diversity without causing degradation of environment and health problems. Development of sustainable, integrated pest management (IPM) approaches for plant diseases control; ecology and characterization of plant pathogens and biocontrol agents. Restoring beneficial organisms that attack, repel, or otherwise antagonize disease-causing pathogens will render a soil disease-suppressive. Plants growing in disease-suppressive soil resist diseases much better than in soils low in biological diversity. Beneficial organisms can be added directly, or the soil environment made more favorable for them through use of compost and other organic amendments. Compost quality determines its effectiveness at suppressing soil-borne plant diseases. More recently, a larger portion of the strategies utilized in agriculture have been biological control practices. In the broad sense, host genetics, soil amendments, fertilizer effects on pathogens, etc., are all part of the IPM picture.
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Wafaa, M. Haggag, 2002. Sustainable Agriculture Management of Plant Diseases. Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 280-284.
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2002.280.284
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2002.280.284
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2002.280.284
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2002.280.284
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