SOIL-BORNE DISEASE CONTROL METHOD, SOIL FOR PLANT CULTIVATION USE, AND SOIL-BORNE DISEASE CONTROL AGENT

摘要

Disclosed herein is a soil-borne disease control method capable of simply suppressing a soil-borne pathogen. The method for controlling a soil-borne disease includes applying at least one polyhydroxyalkanoic acid having a structure represented by the following formula (1) to soil:        [-CHR-CH₂-CO-O-]     (1)(wherein R is an alkyl group represented by C_nH_2n+1 and n is an integer of 1 or more but 15 or less).