Lesson 6 – Managing Soilborne Pathogens Without Chemicals 

Presenters: Margaret Lloyd, UCCE & Martin Guerna, The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)

Start Time is 11:00 AM Pacific Time

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Upon successfully completing this lesson, participants will be able to:

• Explain how disease suppressive soils can be fostered using different amendments and residue management, crop rotation, minimize soil disturbance.
• Describe how to use the sun's rays with solarization to destroy or disable pests.
• Demonstrate how biosolarization uses anaerobic microbes to inactivate pests.

Continued Education Credits have been requested and are expected to be approved from California Department of Pesticide Regulation and American Society of Agronomy.