Protocol for decontamination of growing substrate and disposal of infected plant material
Deliverable D5.3 identifies methods to eradicate tobamoviruses in contaminated growing media. Specifically, the application of heat was investigated. Two methods were tested: steaming and solarisation.The H2020 project VIRTIGATION - Emerging viral diseases in tomatoes and cucurbits: Implementation of mitigation strategies for durable disease management - has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101000570.
Institutions
- Landwirtschaftskammer Nordrhein-Westfalen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14809471
- Primary Topic
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00