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Overview of soil solarization

In modern agriculture, urban residents and farmers are often located near each other. Many people are concerned about the use of agricultural pesticides, and the possibility of health and environmental hazards resulting from pesticide residues in the air, water, soil, and in the crops themselves.
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Commercial agriculture users

Overview of soil solarization Publications California Agriculture journal Biofuels: Growing Toward Sustainability Solarization and Biofumigation Help Disinfest Soil Soil Solarization Provides Weed Control for Limited Resource and Organic Growers in Warmer Climates UC ANR publications Soil Solarizati...
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Natural resources users

A large-scale demonstration of solar inactivation of invasive week propagules for revegetation with California native wildflower communities...
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Publications

Soil Solarization A Non-chemical Approach for Management of Plant Pathogens and Pests Deleterious activity of cultivated grasses (Poaceae) and residues on soilborne fungal, nematode and weed pests Characterization of Antifungal Volatile Compounds Evolved from Solarization Soil Amended with Cabbage R...
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