Organic material soil amendment effects on root rot and sugarcane growth and characterization of the materials

Plant Disease

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1039-1046

  Dissanayake, N ^a   Hoy, J W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOST; FILTER CAKE; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; METALAXYL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT RESIDUE; ROOTING; SOIL AMENDMENT; SUGARCANE;

FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; POPULUS; PYTHIUM ARRHENOMANES; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0032696468     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1999.83.11.1039     Document Type: Article

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