Use of composts to manage corky root disease in organic tomato production

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-390

  Hasna, M K ^a   Martensson A ^a   Persson, P ^a   Ramert B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Garden waste compost; GMC; HMC; Pyrenochaeta lycopersici; Tomato

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COMPOST; DISEASE CONTROL; FUNGAL DISEASE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; ROOT; VEGETABLE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PYRENOCHAETA LYCOPERSICI;

EID: 36549007582     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2007.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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