The role of plant pathology in understanding soil health and its application to production agriculture

摘要: Over the last 10 years, considerable progress has been made in defining and assessing soil health quality. However, problems still exist interpretation of quality indicators due to complexity interrelatedness processes. Additionally, crop production system selected by growers affects potential for adoption practices promoting health. Factors influencing selection include marketing strategy adopted grower, commodity value, cultural inputs used grow (e.g. fertilisers, pesticides, etc.). To date, have had little time consider impact on production. Plant pathology, however, related disciplines major contributions understanding health, particularly area identification verification disease-suppressive soils agents responsible this suppression. The linkage plant functional diversity biological communities far more elusive, but is rapidly becoming important as consumers markets push environmental sustainability. further our facilitate its application agriculture, pathologists should identify focus systems that are amenable showing a return investment