Crop Comments: Yellow Mustard: Not the Only Soil Bio-Fumigant
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Crop Comments: Yellow Mustard: Not the Only Soil Bio-Fumigant

Soil fumigants are pesticides that, when applied to soils, form gases to control pests which, if unchecked, disrupt plant growth and crop production. Fumigation suppresses weeds and soilborne plant pathogens in crops like potatoes, onions, sugar beets, tomatoes, mint, carrots and strawberries. Chemical fumigation is widely practiced in

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