Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2487
Title: Microbial Diversity in Soil: Effects on Crop Health
Contributor(s): Alabouvette, C (author); Backhouse, David  (author)orcid ; Steinberg, C (author); Donovan, NJ (author); Edel-Hermann, V (author); Burgess, LW (author)
Publication Date: 2004
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2487
Abstract: From the plant pathologist's point of view, the soil not only provides nutrients and water for plant growth, but is also considered a hostile environment harbouring plant pathogenic fungi, bacteria and nematodes. Until recently, the most common attitude was to try to eliminate the plant pathogenic microorganisms by biocidal or other treatments. These treatments are frequently hazardous for humans and the environment, but are also inefficient, since they have to be applied every year to control soilborne pathogens and parasites. The most effective treatments kill off a large part of the microbial communities, which are essential for limiting the expression of the parasitic activities of the pathogens.
Publication Type: Book Chapter
Source of Publication: Managing Soil Quality: Challenges in Modern Agriculture, p. 121-138
Publisher: CABI
Place of Publication: Wallingford, United Kingdom
ISBN: 085199671X
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060704 Plant Pathology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 961402 Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Soils
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
Publisher/associated links: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=q5Dz8RYeOhUC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA121
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an24628041
http://www.aciar.gov.au/publication/TR53
Editor: Editor(s): Schjonning, P, Elmholt, S. and Christensen, B.T.
Appears in Collections:Book Chapter
School of Environmental and Rural Science

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