Physiological changes associated with pythium root rot in hydroponic lettuce

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 635, Issue , 2004, Pages 67-71

  Johnstone, Melanie ^a   Yu, Hai ^a   Liu, Weizhong ^a   Leonardos, Evangelos ^a   Sutton, John ^a   Grodzinski, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease progression; Growth; Lactuca sativa; Photosynthesis; Pythium dissotocum; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947542123     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2004.635.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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