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Biofumigation - an alternative method to control late blight in organic potato production?

Grabendorfer, Sebastian (2014) Biofumigation - an alternative method to control late blight in organic potato production? In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.) Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 2, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 371-374.

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To control late blight in organic potato production currently copper fungicides are used. Due to problematic aspects of copper fungicides, it's necessary to develop alternative methods to control Phytophthora infestans. In this context also the use of cover crops and particularly the method biofumigation are discussed. Because there's barely literature about the effectiveness of biofumgiation in organic potato production, the method is evaluated with laboratory experiments and field trials. Brassicacea have the potential to inhibit in vitro the growth of P. infestans, but in an one year field experiment it wasn't possible to observe positive effects to late blight infestation and tuber yields.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Paper
Agrovoc keywords:
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organic potato production
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late blight
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Phytophthora infestans
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_27304
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biofumigation
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cover crops
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Subjects: Crop husbandry > Crop combinations and interactions
Crop husbandry > Crop health, quality, protection
Crop husbandry > Production systems > Root crops
Research affiliation: Germany > University of Munich - TUM > Chair of Organic Farming
International Conferences > 2014: 18th IFOAM OWC Scientific Track: 4th ISOFAR Scientific Conference
ISBN:978-3-86576-128-6
DOI:10.3220/REP_20_1_2014
Deposited By: Grabendorfer, Sebastian
ID Code:23723
Deposited On:28 Oct 2014 08:22
Last Modified:28 Oct 2014 08:22
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted
Additional Publishing Information:urn:nbn:de:gbv:253-201407-dn053621-1

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