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soil .
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Examples
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Mulch prevents weeds from sprouting up in your garden, keeps soil moist and aerated, protects your plants from soilborne diseases, replenishes the soil as it decomposes, and keeps your yard and garden looking well tended.
Maria Rodale: Beth Terry's Plastic-Free Gardening Adventure, Part 2 + Giveaway Maria Rodale 2011
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Animals are usually infected by ingesting soilborne spores, such as in contaminated food or water.
Anthrax 2008
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Incidence and control of two soilborne pathogens of potato (Soianum tuberosum) in the lowland tropics.
Chapter 25 1987
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· Crops which share similar diseases (especially soilborne ones like root rots) should not be grown on the same field within three years of each other.
Chapter 8 1981
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· Some crops like beans, potatoes, and many vegetables are especially prone to insects and soilborne diseases which usually build up under monoculture.
Chapter 8 1981
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Animals are usually infected by ingesting soilborne spores, such as in contaminated food or water.
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Like many other soilborne diseases, CBR does not occur in a random pattern in fields.
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Though typically a slow-moving soilborne disease, CBR has gradually spread across the entire Southeastern peanut production area.
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It is important, however, to know their relationship to diseases and avoid planting highly susceptible varieties in fields with a history of soilborne diseases.
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Turn tobacco roots and stubble under soon after harvest to promote decomposition and a more rapid decline of soilborne pathogens, he says.
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