PROTECTION OF PLANTS Environmental manipulation avoiding growing conditions that reduce vigor of plants proper soil pH, drainage, etc. Preventing post-harvest diseases refrigeration preventing mechanical damage (e.g., bruising, wounding) monitoring moisture content, especially in grains/beans (13% or below moisture content) radiation to eradicate existing pathogens in produce ERADICATION OF PATHOGENS Removal of alternate hosts Example - apple-cedar rust fungus infects both apple and cedar trees (junipers) eliminate trees in local vicinity of an orchards.
(PROTECTION OF PLANTS; avoiding; growing conditions that reduce vigor of plants) (Example - apple-cedar rust fungus; infects; both apple and cedar trees) (growing conditions; reduce; vigor of plants) (proper soil pH, drainage, etc.; Preventing; post-harvest diseases) (refrigeration; preventing e.g.; mechanical damage)
PROTECTION OF PLANTS Example - apple-cedar rust fungus growing conditions proper soil pH, drainage, etc. refrigeration
avoiding infects reduce Preventing preventing e.g.
growing conditions that reduce vigor of plants
both apple and cedar trees
vigor of plants
post-harvest diseases
mechanical damage