Sentences with phrase «vermicompost showed»

In fact, tests by Norman Arancon of the University of Hawaii suggest that application of vermicompost showed significant and repeatable suppression of pythium, verticillium wilt, rhizoctonia solani, powdery mildew, plant parasitic nematodes, cabbage white caterpillars, cucumber beetles, tomato hornworms, mealy bugs, aphids and two - spotted spider mites» damage to a broad range of edible crops.