Efficacy of Biological and Chemical Treatments for Control of Fusarium Root and Stem Rot on Greenhouse Cucumber

Plant Disease

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1462-1470

  Rose, S ^a   Parker, M ^a   Punja, Z K ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPOSTING; CROPS; DISEASE CONTROL; FUNGICIDES; GREENHOUSES;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; SEEDLINGS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLONOSTACHYS ROSEA F. CATENULATA; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SP.; GLIOCLADIUM; GLIOCLADIUM CATENULATUM; GLIOCLADIUM VIRENS; HYPOCREA LIXII; HYPOCREA VIRENS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS CHLORORAPHIS; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES GRISEOVIRIDIS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM; TRICHODERMA VIRENS;

EID: 0344962448     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2003.87.12.1462     Document Type: Article

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