Control of Pythium damping-off of sugar beet by seed treatment with crop straw powders and a biocontrol agent

Biological Control

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 453-460

  Bardin, S D ^a,b   Huang, H C ^a   Moyer, J R ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beta vulgaris; Biocontrol; Crop straws; Damping off; Pythium sp. "group G"; Seed treatment; Sugar beet

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; LENS CULINARIS; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; PISUM SATIVUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 1642539039     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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