Soil treatment for agriculture

摘要

This invention provides for compositions and methods for sterilizing soil using oxygen radicals. The soil is treated with an aqueous solution of an activated oxygen species after pretreatment with a water soluble phenolic complex including a divalent cation having redox potential, a cation redox reducing agent. The combination of the activated oxygen species and water soluble phenolic complex is sufficient to reduce soil microorganisms by at least 40% without leaving an accumulative toxic residue.