%0 Conference Paper
%A Heller, Dr. Werner E.
%D 2009
%F orgprints:14069
%K Keywords: biocontrol, soil borne pathogenic fungi, chitin, nitrogen fertilization 
%T Einsatz von Chitin als Bodenverbesserungsmittel gegen  Pyrenochaeta lycopersici
%U https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/14069/
%X The severity of infection of tomato plants (cv. De Berao) by Pyrenochaeta lycopersici  causing corky root disease was reduced by application of chitin (Biosol) as soil  amendment in greenhous-pot experiments. Compared to untreated control plants  showing extensive root rot or plants grown in steamed soil, plants treated with chitin  showed limited root rot and reached 62% of the average fresh weight of plants grown  in steamed soil.