Conduciveness of different soilless growing media to Pythium root and crown rot of cucumber under near-commercial conditions

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-41

  Van Der Gaag, Dirk Jan ^a   Wever, Gerrit ^a  

^a Applied Plant Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coir; Cucumber; Hydroponics; Perlite; Pumice; Pythium aphanidermatum; Rockwool

Indexed keywords

CROWN ROT;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM;

EID: 23944447171     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-005-1049-7     Document Type: Article

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