Diseases and Soil Pollution
Soilborne diseases are a major challenge to productivity and crop yield. Soilborne plant pathogens such as Pythium spp., Rhizoctonia spp., Sclerotinia spp., Fusarium spp., Verticillium spp., and Phytophthora spp. can cause significant losses over time and persist in the form of spores, plant residues and organic matter. Early detection of these microorganisms in the soil can help farmers act swiftly to prevent disease development and the spread of harmful pathogens.
USC
- Institution: Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
- Type: Researcher
- Project title: Soil Health in urban agriculture
- Project location: Spain
- Project leader/s: Remigio Paradelo Núñez, María Teresa Barral and Cecilia Herbón
- Crop studied: Horticultural
Universidad de Vigo
- Institution: Universidad de Vigo
- Type: Researcher
- Project title: Evaluation of diffuse heavy metal contamination in Galician soils.
- Project location: Spain
- Project leader/s: David Fernández Calviño
- Crop studied: Vineyard
Mercier Freres S.R.L
- Institution: Mercier Freres S.R.L
- Type: SME Farmer
- Project title: Improvement of soil efficiency and detection of disease risks in vineyards.
- Project location: France
- Project leader/s: Olivier Zekri
- Crop studied: Vineyard
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Institution: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Type: Researcher
- Project title: “The Good Soil” – can native soil microbiome suppress invasive soil-borne forest pathogens?
- Project location: Sweden, Spain, and the Czech Republic.
- Project leader/s: Carmen Romeralo,Johanna Witzell and Thomas Jung
- Crop studied: Beech and Oak trees
Wageningen University and Research
- Institution: Wageningen University and Research
- Type: Researcher
- Project title: UIreka
- Project location: The Netherlands
- Project leader/s: Anne Van Diepeningen
- Crop studied: Onion
Performance Nutrition
- Institution: Performance Nutrition
- Type: Ag manufacturer
- Project title: Analysis of the impact of Citrus program and Citrus greening in the soil microbiome
- Project location: USA
- Project leader/s: Don Pucillo
- Crop studied: Orange and GrapeFruit
CICYTEX
- Institution: Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura (CICYTEX)
- Type: Researcher
- Project title: Understanding the role of soil health in symptoms expression of grapevine truck diseases
- Project location: Spain
- Project leader/s: Laura Martin Blanco, Ana del Rosario Santiago Roldan and Maria Dolores Osuna Ruiz
- Crop studied: Vineyard
NYC Urban Soils Institute
- Institution: NYC Urban Soils Institute
- Type: Researcher
- Project title: Urban Farms: Legacy Metal Contamination & Beneficial Soil Microbiology
- Project location: USA
- Project leader/s: Bharath Prithiviraj, Jason Sinopoli, Tatiana Morin, and Kate Zidar
- Crop studied: To be determined.
University of Coimbra
- Institution: University of Coimbra
- Type: Researcher
- Project title: Microbiome of potato fields contaminated with plant-parasitic Nematodes
- Project location: Portugal
- Project leader/s: Diogo Proença, Isabel Luci and Paula Morais
- Crop studied: Potato
University of León
- Institution: University of León
- Type: Researcher
- Project title: TrichoBIOme
- Project location: Spain
- Project leader/s: Guzmán Carro Huerga, Santiago Gutierrez Martin and Pedro Casquero Luelmo
- Crop studied: Vineyard, beans, and Hop
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