Seed treatment with phosphonate (AG3) suppresses pythium damping-off of cucumber seedlings

Plant Disease

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-464

  Abbasi, P A ^a   Lazarovits, G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease suppression; Phosphonate seed soak

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE CONTROL; FRUITS; GREENHOUSES; SOILS; SUBSTRATES; SUGAR BEETS;

CUCUMBER SEEDLINGS; PHOSPHONATE (AG3); PLANTING DRENCH; PYTHIUM DAMPING-OFF;

SEED;

CORN; DISEASES; FRUITS; GREENHOUSES; MAGNOLIA; SEEDS; SOIL; SUBSTRATES; WHEAT;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. CHINENSIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; GLYCINE MAX; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM; PYTHIUM IRREGULARE; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645327126     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0459     Document Type: Article

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