Fungicide seed treatments minimally affect Arbuscular-Mycorrhizal Fungal (AMF) colonization of selected vegetable crops

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 417-420

  Burrows, Rhoda L ^a   Ahmed, Ismail ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Fungicide; Mycorrhiza; Seed treatment; Seedling

Indexed keywords

CAPTAN; FORMONONETIN; FUNGICIDE; MEFENOXAM; METALAXYL; PESTICIDE; TEBUCONAZOLE; THIRAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ARTICLE; BEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CROP; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGICIDE APPLICATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GLOMALES; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; INOCULATION; MELON; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; SQUASH; TOMATO; VEGETABLE;

ARBUSCULAR; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCURBITA PEPO; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34250802047     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2007.417.420     Document Type: Article

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