Influence of Sulfur Fertilization on Infection of Potato Tubers withRhizoctonia solaniandStreptomyces scabies

Plant Disease Control by Nutrient Management: Sulphur

“…The results of an in situ experiment suggested a direct inhibitory effect of soil-applied S 0 on Rhizoctonia solani (Haneklaus et al, 2007c), which is corroborated by the experiments of Klikocka et al (2005), where S 0 reduced the infection rate and severity of potatoes infected with the same pathogen. Intriguing is the fi nding of Cooper et al (1996) that S 0 deposits in vascular plant tissue only occur in tomato varieties resistant to Verticillium dahliae.…”

Effect of Boron and Sulphur Application on Postharvest Quality after Storage and Reconditioning of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

“…Boron, an essential micronutrient, present in cellular form in the cell wall (Blevin and Lukaszewski, 1998), plays an important role in maintaining the structural integrity of plant membrane (Pilbeam and Kirkby, 1983) and enhances absorption of calcium ion by improving uptake of it which results in reduce levels of common scab and other tuber diseases (Karlsson and Palta, 2006). Sulphur improves tuber quality through increased content of protein, starch, carotene, vitamin C and gives resistance against Streptomyces scabies and Rhizoctonia solani (Mishra and Srivastava, 2004;Klikocka et al, 2005;Kumar et al, 2007;Klikocka 2009a;Klikocka 2009b). Apart from the application of nutrients, storage (<5°C) and reconditioning (15-20°C) is essential for maintaining the level of sugar accumulated in tubers.…”

Effect of sulphur fertilisation on yield and quality of white mustard seeds

“…A particular advantage of a foliar application of S 0 from the nutritional point of view is its con tinuous, slow oxidation to sulphate, followed by a continuous uptake of sulphate and utilisation in plants. In numerous fi eld experiments the use of S 0 yielded better results than a sulphate fertiliser (Klikocka et al, 2005). The reason was the fungicidal next to its nutritional eff ect.…”

“…But the S nutrition of the crop can also have an impact on plant diseases. Indeed, soil-applied S was found to increase resistance against a variety of fungal pathogens in diff erent crops under glasshouse and fi eld conditions Bourbos et al, 2000;Wang et al, 2003;Klikocka et al, 2005).…”