Medicinal plants for suppressing soil-borne plant diseases: I. Screening for medicinal plants with antimicrobial activity in roots

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 423-426

  Ushiki, Jun ^a   Hayakawa, Yoshihiko ^b   Tadano, Toshiaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Geranium pratense; Root extracts; Soil borne diseases; Streptomyces scabie

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029740002     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.1996.10415116     Document Type: Article

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