Biological control of turfgrass diseases with a rhizosphere competent strain of Trichoderma harzianum

Plant Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 736-741

  Lo, C T ^a,b   Nelson, E B ^a   Harman, G E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b TAIWAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

IPM; soilborne pathogen; topdressing

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; FUNGI; GRAMINICOLA; HYPHOMYCETES; HYPOCREA LIXII; POACEAE; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM GRAMINICOLA; RHIZOCTONIA; SCLEROTINIA HOMOEOCARPA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

EID: 0029788945     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-80-0736     Document Type: Article

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