Comparison of an in vitro and a damping-off assay to test soils for suppressiveness to Pythium aphanidermatum

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-63

  Grunwald N J ^a   Workneh, F ^b   Hu, S ^a   Van Bruggen, A H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cellophane; conduciveness; conventional; cover crops; damping off; Lycopersicon esculentum; organic; receptivity; tomato

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; COVER CROP; DAMPING-OFF; DISEASE SUPPRESSION; FUNGAL PATHOGEN;

AVENA SATIVA; FABACEAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; POACEAE; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM; SOLANACEAE; VICIA;

EID: 0030617528     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008603006217     Document Type: Article

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