Isolation of Pythium acanthicum, P. oligandrum, and P. periplocum from soil and evaluation of their mycoparasitic activity and biocontrol efficacy against selected phytopathogenic Pythium species

Mycopathologia

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-153

  Ali Shtayeh, Mohammed S ^a   Saleh, Amjed S F ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Biological control; Modified dual plate culture method (MDPCM); P. oligandrum; P. periplocum; P. ultimum var. ultimum; Pythium acanthicum; Sclerotia bait technique

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOST RESISTANCE; MYCOPARASITISM; SAMPLING METHOD; SEED COAT;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FUNGI; PYTHIUM ACANTHICUM; PYTHIUM OLIGANDRUM; PYTHIUM PERIPLOCUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM VAR. ULTIMUM; SPINY;

EID: 0033375425     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007065010931     Document Type: Article

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