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Worldwide vegetable production valued at over $1 billion each year is threatened by phytophthora blight ( Lamour et al., 2012 ). This devastating disease is caused by P. capsici, a soil-borne oomycete pathogen that can infect a wide variety of

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fumigant to control insect pests in stored grain ( Hooper et al., 2003 ). EDN has since been examined as a soil fumigant in the United States as well as other countries with acceptable efficacy against weed pests, plant-parasitic nematodes, and soil-borne

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volatile or semi-volatile state to control soil-borne pests; therefore, the dispersal rate and the ability of a fumigant to move in soil at high concentrations will determine the effectiveness of the fumigant ( Nelson et al., 2013 ). In California, MeBr

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tunnels. Like any sound pest and disease management system, IPM begins with prevention. The soil one plants in and the transplants one may bring into a high tunnel must be pest and disease free. Introducing pests and diseases into the high tunnel, or

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; Voth and Bringhurst, 1990 ). The daughter plants are harvested at the HENs during September to November in preparation for planting in strawberry fruiting fields. California strawberries are affected by soil-borne pests such as common chickweed

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microbes. There is also a decrease in plant stress resistance and an exacerbation of soilborne diseases and pests ( Nguyen and Ranamukhaarachchi, 2010 ). The primary causes leading to soil sickness include the deterioration of soil physicochemical

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farm planting ( CDFA, 2008b ). These regulations have been enacted to ensure that soil-borne pests and pathogens are not spread from infested field nurseries and that establishment and vigor of new fruiting fields is not compromised. For decades

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have also shown promising results in the ability of ASD to control pests when combined with soil solarization (covering moist soil with transparent polyethylene to increase soil temperatures to control certain pathogens and weeds). Liquid molasses (1

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. Wang, Q. Guo, M. Cao, A. 2018 Evaluation of allyl isothiocyanate as a soil fumigant against soil-borne diseases in commercial tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) production in China Pest Manag. Sci. 74 2146 2155 Samtani, J.B. Ajwa, H.A. Weber, J

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HortScience 43 800 803 doi: 10.21273/hortsci.43.3.800 10.21273/HORTSCI.43.3.800 Brown, P.C. Morra, M.J. 1997 Control of soil-borne plant pests using glucosinolate-containing plants Adv. Agron. 61 167 231 doi: 10.1016/s0065-2113(08)60664-1 10.1016/S0065

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