Antagonistic effect of Trichoderma harzianum on postharvest pathogens of rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum)

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 240-247

  Sivakumar, D ^a   Wilson Wijeratnam, R S ^a   Wijesundera, R L C ^b   Marikar, F M T ^a   Abeyesekere, M ^a  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Botryodiplodia theobromae; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; Gliocephalotrichum microchlamydosporum; Nephelium lappaceum; Rambutan; Trichoderma harzianum (TrH 40)

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACNOSE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BROWN SPOT DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; MYCOPARASITISM; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; STEM END ROT;

BOTRYODIPLODIA; BOTRYODIPLODIA THEOBROMAE; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM GLOSOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; GLIOCEPHALOTRICHUM; GLIOCEPHALOTRICHUM MICROCHLAMYDOSPORUM; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; HYPOCREA LIXII; NEPHELIUM LAPPACEUM; PUNCTUM BLANDIANUM; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

EID: 0343602840     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02981802     Document Type: Article

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