The use of oil emulsions for improving the efficacy of Alternaria eichhorniae as a mycoherbicide for waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

Biological Control

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 78-89

  Shabana, Yasser M ^a  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biological control; Culture age; Formulation; Inoculum density; Invert emulsion; Mycoherbicide; Oil emulsion

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MICROPUS;

EID: 11144330554     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

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