Compost tea: Principles and prospects for plant disease control

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-338

  Scheuerell, Steve ^a   Mahaffee, Walter ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EXTRACTION; FERMENTATION; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

COMPOST TEAS;

COMPOSTING;

COMPOST; DISEASE CONTROL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLANT;

EID: 0036764925     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2002.10702095     Document Type: Article

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