RT - Journal Article T1 - Soil Solarization Effects on Soil-born Fungal Diseases, Nematodes and Weeds in Autumn Cucumber Fields JF - JCPP YR - 2000 JO - JCPP VO - 4 IS - 3 UR - http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-106-en.html SP - 111 EP - 123 K1 - Soil Solarization K1 - Cucumber foot rot K1 - Root-knot nematodes K1 - Weeds K1 - Soil sterilization . AB - Solarization of field soil through mulching with transparent polyethylene sheets alone and in integration with farm yard manure (40 T/ha) and/or metalayl (25 kg/ha) during summer 1994-95 for five weeks in Isfahan resulted in an increase in temperature of 10 °C (± 1) and moisture preservation of up to 82%. Solarization effectively reduced foot-rot of cucumber (Phytophthora drechsleri) in the above treatments up to 88%, 96% and 95%, respectively. Solarization, farm yard manure and their integration reduced the infection of Meloidogyne javanica up to 50%, 57% and 83% while plant parasitic nematodes were also reduced to 72%, 75% and 86%, respectively. The populations of free living nematodes increased only in farm yard manure and in integration with solarization by 30% and 53%, respectively. Solarization effectively reduced the populations of almost all weeds by around 100%, except for Cyperus rotundus and Sonchus asper which were reduced by 59% and 44%, respectively. LA eng UL http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-106-en.html M3 ER -