Effect of calcium concentration in nutrient solution before and after inoculation with ralstonia solanacearum on resistance of tomato seedlings to bacterial wilt

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1009-1014

  Yamazaki, Hiromichi ^a   Kikuchi, Sunao ^a   Hoshina, Tsuguo ^b   Kimura, Takeshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Natl Res Inst Vegetables Ornamental Plants & Tea   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial wilt; Calcium; Lycopersicon esculentum; Ralstonia solanacearum; Tomato

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CALCIUM; CELL WALL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HOST RESISTANCE; INOCULATION; NUTRIENT; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT NUTRITION; SOLUTE CONCENTRATION;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 0033395090     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.1999.10414352     Document Type: Article

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