Efficacy of the fungus Verticillium lecanii for suppressing root-knot nematode egg numbers on cantaloupe roots

HortTechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 443-447

  Meyer, Susan L F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cantaloupe; Cucumis melo; Fungus; Meloidogyne incognita; Nematode; Root knot; Verticillium lecanii

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; SOIL INOCULATION;

CUCUMIS MELO; FUNGI; MELO; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; TORRUBIELLA CONFRAGOSA; VERTICILLIUM LECANII;

EID: 0033047628     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.9.3.443     Document Type: Article

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