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Section 5 • Integrated Disease Management<br />

MECHANICAL OR PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL CONTROLS OF DISEASES<br />

Included in this sub-section are exercises illustrating best practices and experiences shared<br />

by FFS farmers and other organic agriculture practitioners on using various mechanical and<br />

physical control strategies <strong>for</strong> disease management in organic vegetable production. Among<br />

others, mechanical or physical strategies include hot water treatment <strong>for</strong> control <strong>of</strong> soil-borne<br />

diseases, leaf removal and proper disposal <strong>for</strong> leaf diseases, and uprooting and proper disposal <strong>for</strong><br />

viral diseases.<br />

Likewise, this sub-section compiles exercises exemplifying best practices and experiences by FFS<br />

farmers and other organic agriculture practitioners on exploiting compatible cultural practices <strong>for</strong><br />

disease management in organic vegetable production. These include practices such as hilling-up,<br />

mulching, among others. Other cultural practices such as crop diversification, inter- or multiple<br />

cropping, and crop rotation, are incorporated in ‘Insect Pest and Plant Diseases Management’<br />

section, which simultaneously minimize insect pests and plant diseases occurrence.<br />

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