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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Microbiology and Plant Pathology
  
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Integrated disease management

Alternative disease control strategies as part of integrated disease management systems focus on the use of biological and other natural control options. The reduced use of agrochemicals coupled with more environmentally friendly ways to control diseases and enhance plant growth, forms an integral part of IDM systems

Research Output
Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Adandonon A, Aveling TAS, Labuschagne N: 2001. Pythium and Rhizoctonia complex causing damping off of Cowpea in South Africa. African Plant Protection, 7, pp 17-25.

De Jager ES, Wehner FC, Korsten L: 2001. Microbial ecology of the mango phylloplane. Microbial Ecology, 42(2), pp 201-207.

Flett BC, McLaren NW, Wehner FC: 2001. Incidence of Stenocarpella and Fusarium ear rots in corn crop rotation systems. Plant Disease, 85, pp 92-94.

Jansen van Rensburg JC, Labuschagne N, Nemec S: 2001. Occurrence of Fusarium-produced naphthazarins in citrus trees and sensitivity to isomarticin in relation to citrus blight. Plant Pathology, 50, pp 258-265.

Korsten L, Van Heerden J, Cronje C, Swart GM: 2001. Microbial, chemical and physical aspects of citrus waste composing. Bioresource Technology, 81, pp 71-76.

Meyer L, Slippers B, Korsten L, Kotze JM: 2001. Two distinct Guignardia species associated with citrus in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 97, pp 191-194.