Macro- and microelement fertilizers influence the severity of fusarium crown and root rot of tomato in a soilless production system

HortScience

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 287-291

  Duffy, B K ^a   Defago G ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis lycopersici; Hydroponics; Lycopersicon esculentum; Nutrition; Root disease

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. RADICIS-LYCOPERSICI; FUSARIUM SP.; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0345580625     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.34.2.287     Document Type: Article

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