Application of the Antagonistic Fungus Trichoderma harzianum (TrichoFlow WP™) to Root Zone Increases Yield of Bell Peppers Grown in Soil

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-163

  Bal, Ugur ^a   Altintas, Sureyya ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FUNGUS; RHIZOSPHERE; VEGETABLE;

CAPSICUM; FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 33751543286     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2006.9755016     Document Type: Article

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