Methods for determining pythium suppression in container media

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 15-22

  Mandelbaum, Raphi ^a   Hadar, Yitzhak ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; PYTHIUM;

EID: 0345316592     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.1997.10701870     Document Type: Article

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