The effect of soil solarization on the control of soil-borne pathogens of grain sorghum, in Upper Egypt, was studied. Solar heating gradually reduced most of the isolated fungi to very low levels, comparable to the non-tarped treatments. Populations of Aspergillus spp., Penicilli um spp. and Macrophomina phaseolina were found to increase at the end of the solarization treatment i.e. 6 months. Sorghum plant stand increased in solarized plots indicating the positive effect of soil heating on reducing numbers of propagules of soil-borne pathogens. Also, stalk-rot disease of grain sorghum could be controlled by planting the crop in solarized plots. These promising results indicate the possibility of using this method to control soil-borne diseases in Upper Egypt.
BOTROSS, S. E., EL-ASSIUTY, E. M., FAHMY, Z. M., & ABDEL-RAHMAN, T. M. (2000). LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF SOIL SOLARIZATION ON DENSITY LEVELS OF SOIL-BORNE FUNGI AND STALK-ROT INCIDENCE IN SORGHUM. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 78(2), 575-585. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2000.321968
MLA
SALAH E. BOTROSS; ELHAM M. EL-ASSIUTY; ZEINAB M. FAHMY; THARWAT M. ABDEL-RAHMAN. "LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF SOIL SOLARIZATION ON DENSITY LEVELS OF SOIL-BORNE FUNGI AND STALK-ROT INCIDENCE IN SORGHUM", Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 78, 2, 2000, 575-585. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2000.321968
HARVARD
BOTROSS, S. E., EL-ASSIUTY, E. M., FAHMY, Z. M., ABDEL-RAHMAN, T. M. (2000). 'LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF SOIL SOLARIZATION ON DENSITY LEVELS OF SOIL-BORNE FUNGI AND STALK-ROT INCIDENCE IN SORGHUM', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 78(2), pp. 575-585. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2000.321968
VANCOUVER
BOTROSS, S. E., EL-ASSIUTY, E. M., FAHMY, Z. M., ABDEL-RAHMAN, T. M. LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF SOIL SOLARIZATION ON DENSITY LEVELS OF SOIL-BORNE FUNGI AND STALK-ROT INCIDENCE IN SORGHUM. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2000; 78(2): 575-585. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2000.321968
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