Biocontrol of soil-borne plant pathogens attacking cucumber (Cucumis sativus) by Rhizobacteria in a semiarid environment

Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 345-357

  Hassouna, Mohammad Gamal ^a   El Saedy, Mohammad Anwar M ^a   Saleh, Hossam M A ^a  

^a Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Azotobacter; Damping off; Dry weight; Emergence percentages; Fusarium; Induced systemic resistance; Klebsiella; Plant growth promotion; Pythium; Rhizoctonia; Sclerotinia; Seed inoculation; Total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNGAL DISEASE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SEMIARID REGION;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PYTHIUM; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; SCLEROTINIA;

EID: 0031656706     PISSN: 08903069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324989809381523     Document Type: Article

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