Control of common scab without the use of water
2006
Hilton, A J | Walker, R L | Wale, S J | Atkinson, C | Ball, B | Davies, D H K | Rees, R | Russell, G | Stockdale, E A | Watson, C A | Walker, R | Younie, D
The most effective way to control common scab is by irrigating a potato crop at tuber initiation. With the introduction of legislation such as the Water Framework Directive this will become increasingly difficult. In this field experiment, we assessed the potential of a number of non-water measures for controlling this disease. Common scab on daughter tubers at harvest was reduced by applying rapeseed meal at 1 t ha-1 to the beds and then incorporating it into the soil, and adding a mixture of Trichoderma viride isolates into the furrow at planting. None of these treatments was as effective as using water.
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