Can improvement of Soil Health lead to Disease Suppression? Koon-Hui Wang, Philip Waisen, Jensen Uyeda, Joshua Silva, Donna Meyer Jari Sugano, Amjad Ahmad CTAHR, University of Hawaii at Manoa Peter Schroder, Wells International School, Bangkok, Thailand Sustainable Pest Management Lab University of Hawai’i at Mānoa,
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Can improvement of Soil Health lead to Disease
Suppression?
Koon-Hui Wang, Philip Waisen, Jensen Uyeda, Joshua Silva, Donna Meyer
Jari Sugano, Amjad Ahmad
CTAHR, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Peter Schroder, Wells International School, Bangkok, Thailand
Sustainable Pest
Management LabUniversity of Hawai’i at Mānoa,
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Biofumigation
Oil radish Brown mustard
The use of glucosinolate (GL)-derived isothiocyanate (ITC) from brassica cover crops to suppress soil-borne pests and pathogens (Kirkegaard et al., 1993)
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Seeding: 10 lb/acre
Biofumigation by MTBP(Macerated, Till, cover with Black Plastic)
5 weeks
Flail mower
Till Cover with plastic
(1 week)
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Suppression of root-knot nematodes by MTBP-Biofumigation
• Higher soil sulfate concentration one week after MTBP indicated higher efficacy of
biofumigation of glucosinolate compounds compared to bareground (BG), no-till (NT),
macerated no-till (MNT), no-till with black plastic (NTBP), till (T), and (macerated till).
• Efficacy of MTBP was observed on population of root-knot nematodes in the soil after a
zucchini crops following the mustard treatment.
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Solvita Test
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Solvita Test (Soil Respiration)
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• Biofumigation with brown mustard (M) or brownmustard plus water (MW) increased soil microbialactivities as indicated by higher CO2 burst. Thus,biofumigation increased soil microbial activities.
• But biofumigation did not reduce Fusarium wiltdisease incidence on lettuce.
7 days after biofumigation
Trial 2
Trial 1
Lettuce Biofumigation Test
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wilt
Trial I
Disease Incidence
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Sulfate as an indicator of biofumigation (7 days after initiation of biofumigation)
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• Biofumigation with brown mustard (M) was moreefficient in performing biofumigation than MW.
• Biofumigation with brown mustard + water (MW)achieved better green manure effect in Trial II ( =30%) than in Trial I ( = 37%).
• Soil sulfate concentration was negatively related toFusarium wilt incidence in Trial I, and positivelyrelated to number of lettuce plants that survived inTrial II.
Lettuce Biofumigation Test
Lettuce Yield
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C = Bareground controlM = MustardMW = Mustard + Water
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g/g)
Trial I
C = Bareground controlM = MustardMW = Mustard + Water
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Soil Drenching of Solution from Organic Materials against Banana Fusarium Wilt
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BC
ABC
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ABC ABABC
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A L M Sb Sh V W
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Treatments: (5 gal water / plant)
• A = Actinovate (Steptomyces
lydicus),
• L = Lobster meal,
• M = Mustard (ground),
• Sb = Subtilex (Bacillus subtilis),
• Sh = Shrimp shell meal,
• V = Vermicompost tea,
• W = Water
Mustard (ground)Banana root samples on Komada selective medium