Production and germination of conidia of Trichoderma stromaticum, a mycoparasite of Crinipellis perniciosa on cacao

Phytopathology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1032-1037

  Sanogo, S ^a   Pomella, A ^a   Hebbar, P K ^a   Bailey, B ^a   Costa, J C B ^a   Samuels, G J ^a   Lumsden, R D ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

CRINIPELLIS; CRINIPELLIS PERNICIOSA; FUNGI; THEOBROMA; THEOBROMA CACAO; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA STROMATICUM;

EID: 0036800806     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.2002.92.10.1032     Document Type: Article

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