Microbiological aspects of sugarcane yield decline

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-322

  Magarey, R C ^a  

^a BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dematiaceous fungi; Fumigation; Nematodes; Pachymetra root rot; Pythium root rot; Replant disease; Solarisation

Indexed keywords

SOIL; YIELD DECLINE;

AUSTRALIA;

NEMATODA; PACHYMETRA CHAUNORHIZA; PYTHIUM ARRHENOMANES; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM SPP.;

EID: 0029662435     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR9960307     Document Type: Article

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