The economic viability of suppressive crop rotations for the control of verticillium wilt in organic strawberry production.

Autor: Michuda, Aleksandr, Goodhue, Rachael, Klonsky, Karen, Baird, Graeme, Toyama, Lucinda, Zavatta, Margherita, Muramoto, Joji, Shennan, Carol
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Zdroj: Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems; 2019, Vol. 43 Issue 9, p984-1008, 25p
Abstrakt: Soil-borne diseases and nitrogen availability are important limits on organic strawberry production. A trial using suppressive crop rotations to combat Verticillium wilt was conducted to see its effects on strawberry yields and net returns using a split-split-plot design. An ANOVA analysis was run to understand determinants of net returns. Results show that the suppression of wilt through the planting of non-host crops such as broccoli before the planting of strawberries can have significant effects on yield and net returns, and that suppressive crop rotations are potentially commercially viable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index