Disease Threats and Biofungicide Efficacy

Anissa Poleatewich, Martina Florian, Isabella Borrero
A photo of NHAES researcher Anissa Poleatewich working in the Macfarlane Greenhouses at UNH. Anissa is holding up a potted plant and inspecting the soil base. Other potted plants surround her.

Greenhouse growers produce plants using soilless substrates often composed of peat moss. Wood products are increasing in popularity as sustainable substrate components, but little is known how these products affect soilborne plant diseases and their management. We are testing wood-peat substrate blends products for their impact on root rot disease in edible and floriculture crops. Learn more