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-- Annie (misletoe6@earthlink.net), June 13, 2002
Neat site, has a very interesting link to a site on the effects of different compost teas and the diseaes that they work on.Compost Teas for Plant Disease Control, http://www.attra.org/attra- pub/comptea.html
A selection of research from Germany, Japan, Israel, and the United States has shown compost extracts to be effective in the control of the following diseases (1):
Late blight of potato, tomatoPhytopthora infestans----Horse compost extractWeltzein (1990)
Gray mold on beans, strawberriesBotrytis cinerea----Cattle compost extractWeltzein (1990)
Fusarium wiltFusarium oxysporum----Bark-compost extractKai, et al (1990)
Downy & Powdery mildew-grapesPlasmopara viticola Uncinula necator---- Animal manure-straw compost extractWeltzein (1989)
Powdery mildew on cucumbersSphaerotheca fuliginea----Animal manure- straw compost extractWeltzein (1989)
Gray mold on tomato, pepper----Cattle & chicken manure compost extractGrape marc compost extract Elad, Shtienberg (1994)
Apple scabVenturia conidia----Spent mushroom compost extractCronin, Andrews (1996)
-- BC (desertdweller44@yahoo.com), June 13, 2002.