Broccoli residues can control Verticillium wilt of cauliflower

Broccoli residues can control Verticillium wilt of cauliflower

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Verticillium wilt, a damaging disease of cauliflower, was successfully managed in a multiple-year field study by incorporating broccoli residues into infested soil.In a study conducted from 1993 to 1995 in the Salinas Valley, cauliflower disease incidence and severity were consistently and significantly reduced in the broccoli T-shirt residue plots when compared with no broccoli.The commercial standard plots fumigated with methyl bromide + chloropicrin had the lowest disease incidence and severity.In Stools both years of our tarping study, Verticillium wilt severity was lowest in the metham sodium treatment.

The cauliflower-Verticillium host-pathogen system therefore can act as a model for controlling soil-borne diseases without the use of synthetic chemicals.