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Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation: Meta-Analysis And Optimization Of Amendment Carbon Rate And C:N Ratio To Control Key Plant Pathogens And Weeds, Utsala Shrestha
Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation: Meta-Analysis And Optimization Of Amendment Carbon Rate And C:N Ratio To Control Key Plant Pathogens And Weeds, Utsala Shrestha
Doctoral Dissertations
Anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) is an environmentally friendly and cost effective pre-plant soil treatment technique that allows effective control of soilborne pests by creating anaerobic conditions, particularly for specialty and organic crop production under diverse environmental conditions. In spite of being a proven technique, ASD has to be optimized to fit into local production systems with specific pathogen pressure using locally available amendments for successful implementation on a commercial scale. Our meta-analysis study on soilborne pathogens, plant parasitic nematodes, and weeds validated that ASD is an effective approach to control various soilborne pathogens. This study aims to optimize the carbon …