Isolation of Pythium oligandrum from Egyptian soil and its mycoparasitic effect on Pythium ultimum var. ultimum the damping-off organism of wheat

Mycopathologia

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-106

  Abdelzaher, Hani M A ^a,b   Elnaghy, Mohamed A ^a   Fadl Allah, Ezzat M ^a  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Biological control; Damping off; Pythium oligandrum; Pythium ultimum vat; Ultimum

Indexed keywords

PYTHIUM OLIGANDRUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM;

EID: 0031429795     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006836703594     Document Type: Article

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