Compost in the 20th century: A tool to control plant diseases in nursery and vegetable crops

HortTechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-66

  Zinati, Gladis M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol agents; Biological control; Mechanisms of disease suppression; Methyl bromide alternative; Phytophthora; Pythium root rot; Rhizoctonia solani; Trichoderma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPHOMYCETES; INSECTA; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI; PYTHIUM; RBIZOCTONIA SOLANI; RHIZOCTONIA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 11244274249     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.15.1.0061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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