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Title: Biofumigation and soil amendment effects on cotton root rot suppression

Author
item MATOCHA, JOHN - TAES, CORPUS CHRISTI, T X
item Greenberg, Shoil
item Bradford, Joe
item WILBORN, JAMES - TAES, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX

Submitted to: National Cotton Council Beltwide Cotton Conference
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/6/2008
Publication Date: 7/5/2008
Citation: Matocha, J.E., Greenberg, S.M., Bradford, J.M., Wilborn, J.R. 2008. Biofumigation and soil amendment effects on cotton root rot suppression. National Cotton Council Beltwide Cotton Conference.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: This serious disease of cotton grown in southwest USA can be suppressed to varying degrees. Our results indicate the following: improved plant nutrition with certain chelated trace elements; soil applications of slow release fungicides; preplant banding of high rates of powdered elemental S; use of Brassica as winter cover crop for biofumigation produced variable andless consistent results. Further research should focus on combining soil amendments with biofumigation.