Book Description

Soil solarization is gradually becoming a recognized control strategy for soilborne pathogens and weeds. Studies, particularly in hot climates, have demonstrated the effectiveness of this method for protection of many vegetables, field crops, fruit-trees, ornamental plants and nursery transplants. Soil solarization causes chemical, physical and biological changes in the soil and thus provides effective management of soilborne pests, improves plant growth and development and often results in substantial yield increases. Successful field-scale application of pre-planting soil solarization, both in protected agriculture and in open fields, is under way in many parts of the world, substituting for chemical control or contributing to integrated pest management (IPM) programmes. In addition, post-planting solarization has been employed in established fruit-tree orchards and perennial crops. Contents Chapter 1: Soil Solarization: Past, Present, and Future by James E De Vay and James J Stapleton; Chapter 2: Soil Fumigation for Nematode Control: Present and Future Constraints by F Lamberti and J W Noling; Chapter 3: Pre-And Post-Plant Soil Solarization by Walid Abu-Gharbich; Chapter 4: Evaluation of Short Periods of Treatment by Solar Chamber for Controlling Verticillium Wilt of Olive Trees by M a Al-Ahmad and A Duksi; Chapter 5: Assessment of Soil Solarization Efficacy through Monitoring of Verticillium Dahliae Population in the Soil by E J Paplomatas and A J Termorshuizen; Chapter 6: Comparison of Solarization Techniques to Disinfest soil for containerized Nursery Production by J J Stapleton, L Ferguson and M V McKenry; Chapter 7: Studies on Vegetable Transplants Using Seed-Bed Solarization: Improving of Cabbage and Lettuce Transplant Characters by M M F Abdaiiah, S A El-Hadad and M M Satour; Chapter 8: Modes of Action of Solarization and Biofumigation by James J Stapleton; Chapter 9: Longevity of Soil Solarization and Effects of Sublethal Heating by E C Tjamos, Polymnia P Antoniou and Deborah Fravel; Chapter 10: Thermal Effects of Coextruded Black Plastic Mulches in Greenhouse Soil Solarization by C Arcidiacono, G Cascone, C R Fichera and D Gutkowski; Chapter 11: Long-Term Effect of Soil Solarization on Density Levels of Fusarium Solani in Established Fruit Tree Orchards by Hifzi A Abu-Blan, W Abu-Gharbieh and F Shatat; Chapter 12: Effect of Soil Solarization and Methyl Bromide Fumigation on Fusarium Wilt of Muskmelon in the Jordan Valley by Zakaria A Musallam and Waleed Abu-Gharbieh; Chapter 13: Soil Solarization: A Management Practice for Corn Stalk Rot by Yasmin Ahmad, A Hameed and M Aslam; Chapter 14: Effect of Soil Solarization on Soil-Borne Pathogens in Lebanon by H Sobh and Y Abou-Jawdah; Chapter 15: Studies on Vegetable Transplants Using Seed-Bed Solarization: B) Improvement of Onion Transplant Characters and Smut Disease Control by M S Abd El-Megid, A S Ibrahim, S A Khalid and M M Satour; Chapter 16: Effect of Soil Solarization on Controlling Clavibacter Michinganensis Subsp Michiganensis, The Bacterial Canker of Tomatoes in Plastic House in Greece by Polymnia P Antoniou, E C Tjamos and C G Panagopoulos; Chapter 17: The Effect of Soil Solarization on Bacterial Canker of Tomato in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey by S Tokgonul, O Cynar and K Rudolph; Chapter 18: Effect of Soil Solarization on the Survival of Bacterial Speck on Tomato Plant Debris in Soil by Y Aysan, O Cinar and K Rudolph; Chapter 19: Soil Solarization: An Alternative Technique for Weed Management in Hot Climates by A R Saghir; Chapter 20: Effects of Soil Solarization on Weed Infestation and Mycorrhiza Management by J P Caussanel, A Trouvelot, J Vivant and S Gianinazzi; Chapter 21: Comparative Solarization Effects on Seed Germination of Cuscuta and Orobanche Species by B E Abu-Irmaileh and S Thahabi; Chapter 22: Effect of Soil Solarization on Orobanche in the Central Sudan by Nasr Eldin Khairi Abdalla and Z T Dabrowski; Chapter 23: Weed Seed Responsiveness to Thermal Degree Hours Under Laboratory Conditions and Soil Solarization in Greenhouse by Garyfalia Economou, G Mavrogiannapoulos and E A Paspatis; Chapter 24: Soil Solarization for Control of Dodder (Cuscuta spp) And Other Weeds in Cabbage by M A Haidar and N Iskandarani; Chapter 25: Effectiveness of Solarization for Controlling Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Plastic Houses by F A Bisheya, W I Mansour, A M Abughnia, A I Hagi; Chapter 26: Effectiveness of Soil Solarization Against Meloidogyne Javanice and Heterodera Schachtii in the Jordan Valley by Haleemah Said and Walid Abu-Gharbieh; Chapter 27: Soil Solarization to Control Plant Parasitic Nematodes by Muzna Suleiman Al-Hinai and Annamalai Mani; Chapter 28: Soil Solarization Studies Under Protected Agriculture: Soilborne Disease Control and Increased Pepper and Cucumber Productivity by S A El-Haddad, A S Ibrahim and M M Satour; Chapter 29: Contribution of Soil Solarization to Integrated Pest Management Systems for Field Production by Dan O Chellemi; Chapter 30: Solarization in Integrated Management Systems For Greenhouses by Girolamo Cartia; Chapter 31: Experience Acquired in Southern Italy in Controlling Soilborne Pathogens by Soil Solarization and Chemicals by G Cartia, N Greco and P Di Primo; Chapter 32: Studies on the Effect of Soil Solarization Including Combinations with Fumigant and Antagonist in Greenhouse to Control Soil Borne Pathogens in the East Mediterranean Region of Turkey by Seral Yucel and Salih Cali; Chapter 33: Efficacy of Solarization Vis-A-Vis Natural Heating of Residue Amended Soils For Management of Soil-Borne Pathogens by Satish Lodha, S K Sharma and R K Aggarwal; Chapter 34: Integrated Management of Soilborne Pests in Protected Cultivation: Constraints and Perspectives by Mohamed Besri; Chapter 35: Effect of Inoculum Source Type and Cultural Practices on the Spread of Phytophthpora Capsici in Bell Pepper by J B Ristaino, G Parra and C L Campbell; Chapter 36: Effect of the Water Salt Content on the Development of Verticillium Wilt (Verticillium Dahliae) of Tomato by Mohamed Besri; Chapter 37: Towards Integrated Disease Management of Wilts and Roots Rots of Chickpea and Lentil in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) by C Akem, S Kemal and B Bayaa; Chapter 38: Nematode-Destroying Fungi From Sudanese Soils by Elnour Elamin; Chapter 39: Integrated Control of Root-Rot/Wilt Diseases in Faba Bean, Lentil and Chickpea by A M Hassanein, G A El-Morsy, N M Abou-Zeid and Samia A Mahmoud; Chapter 40: Sensitivity of Pest Organisms to Soil Solarization by Clyde L Elmore; Chapter 41: Advances in Temperature Predictive Models for Soil Solarization by J B Ristaino, K B Perry and Y Wu; Chapter 42: A Devices Simulating the Thermal Regimes of Soil Solarization in Laboratory Experiments Summertime by G Burrafato1, G Cartia2 and D Gutkowski; Chapter 43: Experimental Tests on New Materials and Techniques for Soil Solarization and Mathematical Models for the Prediction of Soil Temperature by G Scarascia Mugnozza, G Russo, G Vox and F De Santis; Chapter 44: The Economics of Soil Solarization Compared to Conventional Agricultural Production by Carl E Bell; Chapter 45: Impact of the Quality of Polyethylene on the Economics of Soil Solarization Technology by Mohamed Y Sultan, M M Satour and Safwat A El-Haddad; Chapter 46: Effects of Polyethylene Soil Mulching on Tylenchulus Semipenetrans and Vegetative, Root and Yield Parameters of Navel Orange by Ahmed E Ismail and Hamdi Z About Eid; Chapter 47: Solar Chamber as an Inclusive Method For Controlling Verticillium Wilt of Olive Trees by M A Al-Ahmed and A Duski; Chapter 48: Solarization for Controlling Soilborne Fungi in Plastic Houses by Salah Al-Chaabi and Lina Matrod; Chapter 49: Effect of Soil Solarization on Population Densities of Some Soil Microorganisms by Salah M Mahmoud; Chapter 50: Effects of Solarization Against Strawberry Root Rot Disease in the East Mediterranean Region of Turkey by H Pala and A Cinar; Chapter 51: Studies on Solarization Against Root-Knot Nematode and Weeds in Vegetable Greenhouses in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey by Yknur Tekin, Yzzet Kadyoolu and Ylhan Uremib; Chapter 52: Soil Solarization for the Control of Ditylenchus Dipsaci on Onion in Southern Italy by N Sasanelli, V D Alisio, M Basile and F Lamberti; Chapter 53: Establishment, Survival and Growth of Apple Trees (Malus domestica Granny Smith ) Using Post-Plant Solarization in Soil Infested With Sclerotium rolfsii by J J Stapleton; Chapter 54: Integrated Pest Management in Fresh Market Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Shady Lady ) Using Combined Soil Solarization and Reflectorized Mulch by J J Stapleton and C G Summers; Chapter 55: Solarization for Pest Management in Hot Arid Lands by Ahmed A Al Masoum, Ahmed A Hashim, A Al Asaal and K Jaafer; Chapter 56: Fluctuation of Population Densities of Fusarium Oxysporum SP Dianthi After Incorporation in Natural, Solarized and Sterilized Soil by K Elena, E C Tjamos and Z Tsekoura.