November 19, 2018 Case Study: Crown Blight-Infected Melons Treated with TerraBella® TerraBella®-treated cantaloupe on left (B07) vs Product B-treated cantaloupe on right (B08) I. Introduction Monosporascus cannonballus (Crown Blight) is the most damaging root pathogen for melons in the Southwest United States. On the Arizona farms of a major melon grower, an integrated approach to controlling Crown Blight has been developed that combines inoculating soil with bacterial-based plant probiotics with regular drip applications of Metham Sodium and Telone, as well as Quadris and Regalia drip applications on an as needed basis. In 2017, this company evaluated several new soil probiotics to determine their effectiveness in treating Crown Blight-infected can

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