Soilborne plant diseases caused by Pythium spp. ecology, epidemiology, and prospects for biological control

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-181

  Martin, Frank N ^a   Loper, Joyce E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Ecology; Epidemiology; Oospores; Pythium spp.; Soilborne plant diseases; Sporangia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS;

PYTHIUM;

EID: 0032922985     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-2689(99)00389-5     Document Type: Review

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