Effects of chitin and chitosan on the incidence and severity of Fusarium yellows of celery

Plant Disease

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 322-328

  Bell, Ashley A ^a   Hubbard, Judith C ^a   Liu, Li ^a   Michael Davis, R ^a   Subbarao, Krishna V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonchemical control; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SP.; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. APII;

EID: 0031976689     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1998.82.3.322     Document Type: Article

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