Wet Seed Treatment with Peroxyacetic Acid for the Control of Bacterial Fruit Blotch and Other Seedborne Diseases of Watermelon

Plant Disease

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1495-1499

  Hopkins, D L ^a   Thompson, C M ^a   Hilgren, J ^b   Lovic, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Ecolab Inc ^*  (United States)

^c SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; CROPS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISINFECTANTS; SEED;

MICROBIAL SUSPENSIONS; WET SEED TREATMENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACIDOVORAX; ACIDOVORAX AVENAE SUBSP. CITRULLI; ACIDOVORAX AVENUE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; DIDYMELLA; DIDYMELLA BRYONIAE; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM;

EID: 0344100125     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2003.87.12.1495     Document Type: Article

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