Pesticidi i fitomedicina 2017 Volume 32, Issue 1, Pages: 9-24
https://doi.org/10.2298/PIF1701009M
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Methods for management of soilborne plant pathogens
Mihajlović Milica (Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Belgrade)
Rekanović Emil (Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Belgrade)
Hrustić Jovana (Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Belgrade)
Grahovac Mila (Faculty of Agriculture, Novi Sad)
Tanović Brankica (Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Belgrade)
Soilborne pathogens cause significant economic losses in agricultural
production all over the world. These species can survive for many years in
the absence of a host plant by forming persistent structures such as
microsclerotia, sclerotia, chlamydospores or oospores. Consequently,
soilborne diseases are particularly difficult to predict, detect, diagnose
and successfully control. Over the past 30 years, a fumigant, methyl
bromide, has been widely used for their control in many crops. In 1992,
methyl bromide was listed as an ozone-depleting substance under the Montreal
Protocol − an international treaty to protect the ozone layer. During the
phaseout of methyl bromide, problems generated in agricultural production
made it clear that dependence on a single method or a single chemical should
be avoided. The objective of this review paper was to summarize the current
knowledge about different methods of soilborne disease control including:
crop rotation, steam soil disinfection, soil amendments, hydroponics and
soilless growing systems, soil solarization, grafting, biological control
and use of natural compounds, and chemical control. Positive and negative
aspects of all available methods were reviewed. Benefits, achieved by
simultaneous application of several methods based on different mechanisms of
actions, are discussed.
Keywords: soilborne diseases, methyl bromyde alternatives, management, soil disinfestation
Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. TR31043