Decomposed coconut coirpith - A conducive medium for colonization of Trichoderma viride

Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 51-58

  Kumar, A ^a,b   Marimuthu, T ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPICES RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COIR; DAMPING-OFF; GROWTH MEDIUM;

EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FUSARIUM EQUISETI; MYRTACEAE; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 0031426474     PISSN: 02381249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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