Evaluation of the bioherbicide Myrothecium verrucaria for weed control in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-178

  Boyette, C Douglas ^a   Hoagland, Robert E ^a   Abbas, Hamed K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioherbicide; Biological weed control; Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea); Horse purslane (P. portulacastrum); Myrothecium verrucaria; Prostrate spurge (Euphorbia prostrata); Spotted spurge (Euphorbia maculata); Surfactant; Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT; FUNGUS; HERBICIDE; INOCULATION; MORTALITY; SURFACTANT; WEED CONTROL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHAMAESYCE PROSTRATA; EQUIDAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA MACULATA; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MYROTHECIUM VERRUCARIA; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE; TRIANTHEMA PORTULACASTRUM;

EID: 33847195048     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150600937451     Document Type: Article

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