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The biological control of soilborne plant pathogens in compost-amended container media has received much attention in the last decade (Hoitink, 1980; Hoitink and Fahy, 1986). There is considerable evidence that various types of compost suppress different soilborne plant diseases. Vaughn et al. (1954) found that composted wood residues reduced damage caused by Phytophthora in strawberries. Since then it has been found that mature composts also suppress Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium oxysporum and Pythium in many crops (Chen et al., 1988; Hoitink, 1980; Spring et al., 1980; Nelson and Hoitink, 1982; Hoitink and Fahy, 1986). Lumsden et al. (1983) showed that composed sewage sludge reduces disease caused by several plant pathogens. Hadar and Mandelbaum (1986) demonstrated that disease caused by Pythium aphanidermatum is effectively suppressed in container media amended with composted liquorice roots.
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Hadar, Y., Mandelbaum, R., Gorodecki, B. (1992). Biological Control of Soilborne Plant Pathogens by Suppressive Compost. In: Tjamos, E.C., Papavizas, G.C., Cook, R.J. (eds) Biological Control of Plant Diseases. NATO ASI Series, vol 230. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9468-7_10
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