Biocontrol of damping-off diseases caused by Rhizoctonia solani and Pythium ultimum with alginate prills of Gliocladium virens, Trichoderma hamatum and various food bases

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-174

  Lewis, J A ^a   Lumsden, R D ^a   Locke, J C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

alginate prills; biological control; cotton; damping off; Gliocladium virens; Pythium ultimum; Rhizoctonia solani; saprophytism; soil borne plant pathogens; survival; Trichoderma spp.; zinnia

Indexed keywords

GLIOCLADIUM VIRENS; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; TRICHODERMA HAMATUM;

ALGINATE PRILL; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DAMPING-OFF;

EID: 0030302595     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159650039368     Document Type: Article

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