Effect of ammonium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate on anthracnose of papaya

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 486-492

  Sivakumar, D ^a   Hewarathgamagae, N K ^a   Wijeratnam, R S Wilson ^a   Wijesundera, R L C ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Ammonium carbonate; Anthracnose; Carica papaya; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; Papaw; Papaya; Sodium bicarbonate

Indexed keywords

CARICA PAPAYA; COLLETOTRICHUM GLOEOSPORIOIDES;

EID: 0036394214     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02979753     Document Type: Article

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