Managing pests through soil disinfestation
Ridding soil of pathogens, weeds and nematodes remains an ongoing challenge for growers. To further research this problem, Dr. Francesco Di Gioia, assistant professor of vegetable crop science at Penn State, and Dr. Erin Rosskopf, USDA-ARS in Florida, worked on a multi-regional project funded by NIFA OREI (National Institute of Food and Agriculture/Organic Research and