Lethal Temperatures Pathogens
Soil diseasesLethal Temperatures Pathogens (pests, weed seeds)
Source: Tabelle 2-1: Lethaltemperaturen von Krankheitserregern, Schädlingen und Unkrautsamen nach JARVIS, (1992), Tabelle 10, seite 91, BOLLEN, (1969a), BOLLEN, (1969b) und BOLLEN, (1985).
Plant pathogens / pests |
Temperature indegrees Celsius |
Steamingtime in minutes |
| Most bacteria | 60-70 | 10 |
| Botrytis Cinerea | 55 | 15 |
| Colletotrichum coccodes | 45-50 | 30 |
| Cylindrocarpon destructans | 45-50 | 30 |
| Didymella lycopersici | 50 | 30 |
| Fusarium oxysporum | 57-60 | 30 |
| Fusarium spp. | 45-60 | 30 |
| Olpidium brassicae | 55-63 | 30 |
| Phialophora cinerescens | 50 | 30 |
| Phomopsis sclerotioides | 45-50 | 30 |
| Phytophthora spp. | 40-50 | 30 |
| Plasmodiophora brassicae | 50-60 | 30 |
| Pythium spp. | 43-53 | 20-40 |
| Rhizoctonia spp. | 52-53 | 30 |
| Sclerotinia sclerotiorum | 50 | 5 |
| Sclerotium rolfsi | 50 | 30 |
| Thielaviopsis basicola | 48 | 30 |
| Verticillium spp. | 40-58 | 30 |
| Most phytopathogenic fungi | 60 | 30 |
| Most Actinomyces | 90 | 30 |
| Leaf nematode (Aphelenchoides spp.) | 49 | 15 |
| Root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) | 48 | 15 |
| Pratylenchus penetrans | 49 | 10 |
| Most viruses | 100 | 15 |
| Insects and mites | 60-70 | 30 |
| Worms, snails, centipedes | 60 | 30 |
| Most weed seeds | 70-80 | 15 |
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