Soil Suppressiveness Against Pythium ultimum and Rhizoctonia solani in Two Land Management Systems and Eleven Soil Health Treatments.

ABSTRACT: The soil microbiome is known to be crucial for the control of soil-borne plant diseases. However, there is still little knowledge on how to modify the soil microbiome to induce or increase disease suppressiveness. In the present study, we applied eleven soil health treatments combined with conventional and organic agricultural management in a long-term field experiment. Suppressiveness against Pythium ultimum and Rhizoctonia solani was assessed in bioassays for 2 years. In addition, the microbiome community composition and microbial abundance were determined. We found that while several treatments changed the microbial community composition compared to the control, only a combination treatment of anaerobic soil disinfestation, hair meal, and compost addition resulted in suppressiveness aga

SUBMITTER: Kurm V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10497426 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature