Biological control of Botrytis-incited diseases and powdery mildews in greenhouse crops

Crop Protection

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-240

  Elad, Yigal ^a   Malathrakis, Nikolaos E ^b   Dik, Aleid J ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^c Res Stn Floric Glasshouse V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological control; Botrytis cinerea; Erysiphaceae; Greenhouse; Grey mould; Integrated disease management; Powdery mildew; Sphaerotheca fuliginea

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DISEASE CONTROL;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; ERYSIPHALES; FUNGI;

EID: 0030465796     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0261-2194(95)00129-8     Document Type: Review

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