Further suppression of Botrytis cinerea disease in cucumber seedlings by chitosan-copper complex as compared with chitosan alone

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-102

  Ben Shalom, N ^b   Fallik, E ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Botrytis cinerea suppression; Chitosan; Copper; Cucumis sativus; Gray mold

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0037219268     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02979773     Document Type: Article

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