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== General preventive and curative measures against plant diseases ==
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* Spray compost tea with good microorganisms
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* Spray lava dust over plants and soil
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* Make sure your soil is fertile and healthy. Use the best quality compost that doesn't carry diseases.
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* Only grow species that are resistant against the diseases that may effect them.
  
 
== Fungi ==
 
== Fungi ==
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=== Botrytis ===
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[[File:Aardbei Lambada vruchtrot Botrytis cinerea.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A strawberry infected by botrytis]]
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Full name: Botrytis cinerea.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botrytis_cinerea Botrytis cinerea - Wikipedia]</ref> Also called: grey mould, gray mold, botrytis bunch rot (in viticulture).
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Botrytis is a fungus and parasite and affects seedlings and all parts of plants. The fungal spores penetrate plants through wonds, petals of fading flowers, leaf tips and stems of seedlings. The fungus multiplies mostly under humid and warm conditions. It grows on decaying and dead plant material and from there can affect living plants. The affected parts first develop brown spots and later form a gray fluffy mold.
 
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Some of the crops that can be affected: Rhubarb, strawberries, eggplant, beans, peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and chicory.
 
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To minimize infection in strawberry fields, good ventilation around the berries is important. This is accomplished by separating the strawberry leaves and fruits from the soil using straw or saw dust or wood chips, rather than planting them directly on the ground. You can also plant strawberries on hills and give each plant enough space. Strawberries on dry sandy soils are less affected, but also will give less harvest.
 
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Remove fruits and plants that were affected. I'm experimenting with spraying compost tea over plants to prevent botrytis and the preliminary results are promising.<br clear="all"/>
 
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=== Leaf spot disease ===
 
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[[File:Tomaat bladvlekkenziekte.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Tomato plant affected by leaf spot disease]]
 
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Also called: Cercospora zonata.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercospora_zonata Cercospora zonata - Wikipedia]</ref>
 
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvicolinae Arvicolinae] "The Arvicolinae are a subfamily of rodents that includes the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. " - Wikipedia
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvicolinae Arvicolinae] "The Arvicolinae are a subfamily of rodents that includes the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. " - Wikipedia
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_pest_control Biological pest control] "Biological control of pests in agriculture is a method of controlling pests (including insects, mites, weeds and plant diseases) that relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms." - Wikipedia
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_pest_control Biological pest control] "Biological control of pests in agriculture is a method of controlling pests (including insects, mites, weeds and plant diseases) that relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms." - Wikipedia
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* [http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/ Fungal databases] Agricultural Research Service of US Department of Agriculture
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* [http://www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/styles/menu.htm Integrated Pest Management Program] University of Connecticut
 
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/rge/course/pest.htm Pests & Diseases] Section of organic gardening course
 
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/rge/course/pest.htm Pests & Diseases] Section of organic gardening course
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* [http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp Species Fungorum] Search Species Fungorum
  
 
=== Books ===
 
=== Books ===
 
* [http://www.clark.wa.gov/recycle/documents/bugbook2.pdf Bug book] 22 pages, pdf
 
* [http://www.clark.wa.gov/recycle/documents/bugbook2.pdf Bug book] 22 pages, pdf
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Latest revision as of 09:53, 21 January 2016

Topic in Gardening courses. By John Eagles.
This page is under construction.

General preventive and curative measures against plant diseases

  • Spray compost tea with good microorganisms
  • Spray lava dust over plants and soil
  • Make sure your soil is fertile and healthy. Use the best quality compost that doesn't carry diseases.
  • Only grow species that are resistant against the diseases that may effect them.

Fungi

Gallery

  • A welcome guest in the greenhouse: a ladybird on an eggplant eating away the greenflies

  • Grasshopper in my greenhouse. To keep them in check i remove them whenever i see them.

  • Larva of colorado potato beetle on potato leaf

  • Greenfly on potato leaf

  • I erected a high pole near my garden to attract buzzards. They accepted the invitation and this buzzard is visiting each day and catches many voles that had become a pest eating the roots of many of my vegetables.

See also

References


External links

  • Arvicolinae "The Arvicolinae are a subfamily of rodents that includes the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. " - Wikipedia
  • Biological pest control "Biological control of pests in agriculture is a method of controlling pests (including insects, mites, weeds and plant diseases) that relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms." - Wikipedia
  • Fungal databases Agricultural Research Service of US Department of Agriculture
  • Integrated Pest Management Program University of Connecticut
  • Pests & Diseases Section of organic gardening course
  • Species Fungorum Search Species Fungorum

Books

Comments

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