Pumpkin yield and disease response to amending soil with silicon

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 552-554

  Heckman, Joseph R ^a   Johnston, Steve ^b   Cowgill, Win ^c  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center   (United States)

^c Extension Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucurbita pepo; Liming material; Powdery mildew; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISEASES; FUNGICIDES; PH EFFECTS; SILICON;

SILT LOAM SOILS;

SOILS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCURBITA PEPO; ERYSIPHALES; FUNGI; PEPO;

EID: 0043129047     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.4.552     Document Type: Article

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