Toxicity profiles of potential biocontrol agents of Orobanche ramosa

Weed Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 326-332

  Abouzeid, Mohamed A ^a,b   Boari, Angela ^c   Zonno, Maria Chiara ^c   Vurro, Maurizio ^c   Evidente, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioherbicide; Broomrape; Orobanche ramosa; Phytopathogenic fungi; Toxic metabolites

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOMARKER; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; INHIBITION; MORTALITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; TOXICITY; VIRULENCE;

ARTEMIA; FUSARIUM; MAMMALIA; OROBANCHE; PHELIPANCHE RAMOSA;

EID: 14644389660     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-03-108R     Document Type: Article

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