Methyl iodide, an ozone-safe alternative to methyl bromide as a soil fumigant

Plant Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 731-735

  Ohr, H D ^a   Sims, J J ^a   Grech, N M ^a   Becker, J O ^a   McGiffen Jr , M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CHENOPODIUM MURALE; CONVOLVULUS; CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS; CYPERUS; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS; FUNGI; HETERODERA SCHACHTII; HYPHOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI; PHYTOPHTHORA CITRICOLA; PHYTOPHTHORA PARASITICA; POA; POA ANNUA; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE; RHIZOCTONIA; SISYMBRIUM IRIO; TEREBRANTIA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0029787749     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-80-0731     Document Type: Article

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