Alternatives to methyl bromide in strawberry production in the United States of America and the Mediterranean region

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 220-244

  Ajwa, Husein A ^a   Klose, Susanne ^a   Nelson, Sheldon D ^b   Minuto, Andrea ^c   Gullino, Maria Lodovica ^c   Lamberti, Franco ^d   Lopez Aranda, José M ^e  

^a Extension Univ of California   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Universit degli Studi   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

^e IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

1,3 dichloropropene; Chloropicrin; Iodomethane; Methyl isothiocyanate; Soil solarization

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; RODENTIA;

EID: 21144452827     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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