The role of humic fractions from soil and compost in controlling the growth in vitro of phytopathogenic and antagonistic soil-borne fungi

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 350-357

  Loffredo, Elisabetta ^a   Berloco, Mariagrazia ^a   Senesi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compost; Fungal antagonist; Humic fractions; Mycelial growth; Phytopathogen; Sclerotial formation; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum; Soil; Trichoderma harzianum; Trichoderma viride

Indexed keywords

FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID;

ANTAGONISM; COMPOST; FUNGUS; GROWTH; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PATHOGEN; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPOST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNGAL SCLEROTIUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; SOIL POLLUTANT; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; KINETICS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRICHODERMA;

FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 39749102321     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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