Long-term evaluation of cover crop and strip-tillage on tomato yield, foliar diseases and nematode populations

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 341-348

  McKeown, Alan W ^a   Cerkauskas, R F ^a   Potter, John W ^a   Van Driel, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial speck spot; Foliar diseases; Root lesion nematodes; Root knot nematodes; Tillage; Tomato

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; DISEASE INCIDENCE; PEST INFESTATION; TILLAGE; TOMATO; YIELD;

LOLIUM PERENNE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MELOIDOGYNE HALPA; NEMATODA; PRATYLENCHUS PENETRANS; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031820911     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P97-090     Document Type: Article

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