Biocontrol of selected soilborne diseases of tomato and pepper plants

Crop Protection

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 535-542

  Mao, W ^a   Lewis, J A ^a   Lumsden, R D ^a   Hebbar, K P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol agents; Burkholderia cepacia; Capsicum anuum; Fusarium oxysporum; Gliocladium virens; Lycopersicon esculentum; Phytophthora capsici; Pythium ultimum; Rhizoctonia solani; Sclerotium rolfsii; Seed treatment; Soil drench

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL FUNCTION; MYCOSIS; PEPPER; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; TOMATO;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNGAL DISEASE; SOIL;

BURKHOLDERI CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GLIOCLADIUM VIRENS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHYTOPHTHORA CAPSICI; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; SCLEROTIUM ROLFSII;

EID: 0032143007     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(98)00055-6     Document Type: Article

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