Balancing the scales: assessing the impact of irrigation and pathogen burden on potato blackleg disease and soil microbial communities
(2024)
Journal Article
Keating, C., Kilbride, E., Stalham, M. A., Nellist, C., Milner, J., Humphris, S., Toth, I., Mable, B. K., & Ijaz, U. Z. (2024). Balancing the scales: assessing the impact of irrigation and pathogen burden on potato blackleg disease and soil microbial communities. Microbiome, 12(1), Article 210. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-01918-6
Background: Understanding the interaction between environmental conditions, crop yields, and soil health is crucial for sustainable agriculture in a changing climate. Management practices to limit disease are a balancing act. For example, in potato p... Read More about Balancing the scales: assessing the impact of irrigation and pathogen burden on potato blackleg disease and soil microbial communities.