Benzaldehyde as a soil fumigant, and an apparatus for rapid fumigant evaluation

HortScience

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 681-685

  Wilson, Charles L ^a   Solar, Jose M ^a   El Ghaouth, Ahmed ^a   Fravel, Deborah R ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Methyl bromide; Natural fumigants; Natural fungicides; Soil fumigation

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM; SCLEROTINIA MINOR; TALAROMYCES FLAVUS; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

EID: 0032797837     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.34.4.681     Document Type: Article

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