Month: October 2016

Increase Crop Yields: Knowing microflora of disease-suppressive soils

Microflora of disease-suppressive soils is dominated by antagonistic mi­croorganisms which produce antibiotics. These include fungi of the genera Penicillium, Tricho­ derma, and Aspergillus, and actinomyce­tes of the genus Streptomyces. The anti­biotics they produce can have biostatic and biocidal effects on soil-borne plant pathogens, including Fusarium which would have an incidence in these soils of less […]