Soil solarization integrated pest management

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Stapleton JJ, DeVay JE (1995) Soil solarization a natural mechanism of integrated pest management. In Reuveni R (ed) Novel approaches to integrated pest management. Lewis, Boca Raton, FL, USA, pp 309-322... 

Benefit/cost analysis demonstrated that solarization can also be more convenient than other control techniques, due to its lower costs (Yaron et al. 1991 Elmore 1991a Bell 1998 Esperancini et al. 2003 Hasing et al. 2004). Potential integration of this technique within more complex pest management strategies is another main advantage of soil solarization, as they are technically combinable with most other available control methods. 

Chellemi DO, Olson SM, Mitchell DJ, Seeker I, McSorley R (1997) Adaptation of soil solarization to the integrated management of soilbome pests of tomato under humid conditions. Phytopathology 87 250-258. doi 10.1094/PHYTO.1997.87.3.250... 

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