Short note on the effects of ethanolic extracts of selected South African seaweeds on the growth of commercially important plant pathogens, Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn and Verticillium sp.

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 521-523

  Barreto, Michael ^a   Straker, C J ^a   Critchley, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; VERTICILLIUM;

EID: 0031432864     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30808-5     Document Type: Article

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