Biofumigation
As biofumigation in is agriculture , a method referred to nematodes and fungi reduce crops. This is achieved by certain plant species as a cover crop are grown and green manures that contain in their cells substances that there reduce the lower works of the plants into the soil pathogens.
Examples can be found with the cruciferous vegetables Sinapis alba ( white mustard ), Brassica juncea ( Indian mustard ) and Raphanus sativus ( oil radish ). Selected varieties contain glucosinolates in vacuoles , which are broken down into sugar and isothiocyanate by the enzyme myrosinase contained in the cytoplasm when the cells are destroyed (by being eaten by insects or chopped up ) .
For use in horticultural and agricultural crops, the mustard is usually sown in spring or autumn and chopped as small as possible to full bloom (after about 70 days) and immediately incorporated into the soil. The soil shouldn't be too dry.
source
- Leaflet of the Federal Institute for Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants, Institute for Plant Analysis Quedlinburg