Enhanced activity of introduced biocontrol agents in solarized soils and its implications on the integrated control of tomato damping-off caused by Pythium spp

Plant and Soil

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 189-197

  Jayaraj, J ^a,b   Radhakrishnan, N V ^a,c  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Damping off disease control; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Rhizosphere population; Soil solarization; Trichoderma harzianum

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DAMPING-OFF; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FRUIT; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL SOLARIZATION;

HYPOCREA LIXII; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM;

EID: 39249083370     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9539-y     Document Type: Article

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