Progress towards integrated control of damping-off disease

Microbiological Research

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-130

  Harris, A R ^a,b   Nelson, S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicontrol; Binucleate Rhizoctonia; Damping; Fungicides; Integrated control; Off; Phytophthora spp.; Tomato

Indexed keywords

DAMPING OFF DISEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; PEST CONTROL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI; PHYTOPHTHORA CITRICOLA; PHYTOPHTHORA CRYPTOGEA; PHYTOPHTHORA NICOTIANAE; PYTHIUM; RHIZOCTONIA; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0032831929     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-5013(99)80004-4     Document Type: Article

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