Generation and dissipation of methyl isothiocyanate in soils following metam sodium fumigation: Impact on verticillium control and potato yield

Plant Disease

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 497-503

  Triky Dotan, Shachaf ^a   Austerweil, Miriam ^a   Steiner, Bracha ^a   Peretz Alon, Yitzhak ^b   Katan, Jaacov ^c   Gamliel, Abraham ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Agricultural Committee   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gas liquid chromatography; Soil disinfestation; Solid phase microextraction; Verticillium dahliae

Indexed keywords

SOIL DISINFESTATION; SOLID-PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

CROPS; DISEASE CONTROL; FUMIGATION; SODIUM; SOILS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

DISEASES; FARM CROPS; FUMIGATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; SOIL;

FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. RADICIS-LYCOPERSICI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 34247472976     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-91-5-0497     Document Type: Article

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