Although ASD has been studied extensively,
the mechanism by which pathogen activity is suppressed remains
unknown. The efficacy of ASD is likely to be affected by a number of
factors including field temperatures, consistency and degree of the
anaerobic conditions, soil type, nature of the indigenous soil microorganisms,
duration of the treatment, and inherent susceptibility
of the target plant pathogen. For example, in Japan Fof was
controlled by ASD (Ebihara and Uematsu, 2014; Oyamada et al.,
2003; Yonemoto et al., 2006)