The contents of this page are no longer available.On-Farm Composting: Plant Disease Control Government of Alberta, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Government of Alberta, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Policy and Environment, Environmental Stewardship, Technology and Innovation, Ag Technologies Government of Alberta, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development 2001-10-24 2009-11-13 Soil/Water/Air`Soil Fertility`Manure A list of references dealing with plant disease control from the guide "On-Farm Composting: A Review of the Literature" eng resource list 2008-01-23 Producers (Crops);Producers (Livestock) www1 deptdocs sag 2009-02-23 , Government of Alberta, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Government of Alberta, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Policy and Environment, Environmental Stewardship, Technology and Innovation, Ag Technologies Government of Alberta, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development 2001-10-24 2009-11-13 Soil/Water/Air`Soil Fertility`Manure A list of references dealing with plant disease control from the guide "On-Farm Composting: A Review of the Literature" eng resource list 2008-01-23 Producers (Crops);Producers (Livestock) www1 deptdocs sag 2009-02-23

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3. De Ceuster, Tom J. J., and Harry A. J. Hoitink. 1999. Prospects for composts and biocontrol agents as substitutes for methyl bromide in biological control of plant diseases. Compost-Science-and-Utilization 7, no. 3: 6-15.

4. Goldstein, Jerome. 1998. Compost suppresses disease in the lab and on the fields. BioCycle 39, no. 11: 62-65.

5. Hoitink, Harry A. J., and Marcella E. Grebus. 1994. Status of biological control of plant diseases with composts. Compost-Science-and-Utilization 2, no. 2: 6-12.

6. Hoitink, Harry A. J., and M. S. Krause. 1998. Controlling nuisance molds in mulches and composts. BioCycle 39, no. 9: 59-61.

7. Hoitink Harry A.J., Stone A.G., and Han D.Y. 1997. Suppression of plant diseases by composts. HortScience 32, no. 2: 184-87; 51 ref.

8. Hoitink Harry A.J., Zhang W.H., Han D.Y., and Dick W.A. 1997. Making compost to suppress plant disease. BioCycle 38, no. 4: 40-42.

9. Hutchinson CM. 1999. Trichoderma virens-inoculated composted chicken manure for biological weed control. Biological-Control 16, no. 2: 217-22.

10. Ingham, Elaine. 1998. Replacing methyl bromide with compost. BioCycle 39, no. 12: 80-82.

11. Logsdon, Gene. 1993. Using compost for plant disease control. BioCycle : 33-36.

12. Marull, Joan, J. Pinochet, and R. Rodriguez Kabana. 1997. Agricultural and municipal compost residues for control of root-knot nematodes in tomato and pepper. Compost-Science-and-Utilization 5, no. 1: 6-15.

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17. Spencer, J. L., J. R. Chambers, and H. W. Modler. 1998. Competitive exclusion of Salmonella typhimurium in broilers fed with vermicompost and complex carbohydrates. Avian-Pathol 27, no. 3: 244-49.

18. Tarkalson, D. D., V. D. Jolley, C. W. Robbins, and R. E. Terry. 1998. Mycorrhizal colonization and nutrient uptake of dry bean in manure and compost manure treated subsoil and untreated topsoil and subsoil. J-Plant-Nutr 21, no. 9: 1867-78.

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22. Zhang, W., W. A. Dick, and Harry A. J. Hoitink. 1996. Compost-induced systemic acquired resistance in cucumber to Pythium root rot and anthracnose. Phytopathology 86, no. 10: 1066-70.

23. Zhang, W., D. Y. Han, W. A. Dick, K. R. Davis, and Harry A. J. Hoitink. 1998. Compost and compost water extract-induced systemic acquired resistance in cucumber and Arabidopsis. Phytopathology 88, no. 5: 450-455.

 

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