Organic Amendments and Soil Suppressiveness in Plant Disease Management

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Meghvansi, Mukesh K. (Editor), Varma, Ajit (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Soil Biology, 46
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Microbiology.; Plant pathology.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Life Sciences.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Plant Pathology.

This book provides a timely review of concepts in plant disease management involving microbial soil suppressiveness and organic amendments. Topics discussed include the impact of suppressive soils on plant pathogens and agricultural productivity, the enhancement of soil suppressiveness through the a...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Soil suppressiveness: paradigms and mechanisms
• Part II Concepts in plant disease management involving microbial soil suppressiveness
• Part III Concepts in plant disease management involving organic amendments
• Part IV Integrative approaches in plant disease management.