Different treatments were compared as a means to eradicate viable cells of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis from infested bamboo stakes. The soaking of the stakes, for 30 minutes, in a 2% solution of sodium hypochlorite was the most efficient treatment, as compared to solarization with or without a plastic mulch and fumigation with phosfine or methyl bromide.
Copper; sodium hypochlorite; phosfine; methyl bromide; solarization
