Hot water and copper coatings in reused containers decrease inoculum of Fusarium and Cylindrocarpon and increase Douglas fir seedling growth

HortScience

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 943-947

  Dumroese, R Kasten ^a   James, Robert L ^a   Wenny, David L ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungicide; Integrated pest management; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Root disease

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COATINGS; CROPS; DISEASES; FUNGI; GROWTH KINETICS;

REUSED CONTAINERS;

SEED;

ABIES; CYLINDROCARPON; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0036774731     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.37.6.943     Document Type: Article

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