Impact of reduced fungicide and tillage on foliar blight, fruit rot, and yield of processing tomatoes

Plant Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1251-1256

  Louws, Frank J ^a,b   Hausbeck, Mary K ^a   Kelly, John F ^a   Stephens, Christine Taylor ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cover crop; Disease forecaster; Integrated pest management; Sustainable agriculture; Zone tillage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030476532     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-80-1251     Document Type: Article

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