Effect of acidic electrolyzed water on the viability of bacterial and fungal plant pathogens and on bacterial spot disease of tomato

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 915-923

  Abbasi, P A ^a   Lazarovits, G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial spot control; Electrolyzed oxidizing water; Foliar sprays; Seed disinfectant

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC ELECTROLYZED WATER (AEW); BACTERIAL SPOT CONTROL; FOLIAR SPRAYS; FUNGAL PLANT PATHOGENS; SEED GERMINATION;

BACTERIA; DISEASES; DISINFECTANTS; ELECTROLYSIS; FUNGI; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; REDOX REACTIONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDIC ELECTROLYZED WATER; CHLORINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACID WATER; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISINFECTION; ELECTROKINESIS; FUNGUS; PATHOGEN; SEED;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LEAF SPOT; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL VIABILITY; GREENHOUSE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES; TOMATO; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

DISINFECTANTS; ELECTROLYSIS; FUSARIUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT DISEASES; SEEDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; STREPTOMYCES; WATER; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA; FUNGI; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENS; SEEDS; TOMATOES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STREPTOMYCES SCABIEI; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

EID: 33846426398     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-048     Document Type: Article

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