Association of a second phase of mortality in cucumber seedlings with a rapid rate of metalaxyl biodegradation in greenhouse soils

Crop Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1110-1117

  Al Sa'di, A M ^a   Drenth, A ^b   Deadman, M L ^a   Al Said, F A ^a   Khan, I ^a   Aitken, E A B ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

HPLC; ITS rDNA; Oomycetes; P. aphanidermatum; P. spinosum; Ridomil

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CLIMBING PLANT; FUNGAL DISEASE; GROWING SEASON; MORTALITY; SEEDLING;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; OOMYCETES; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM; PYTHIUM SPINOSUM;

EID: 41149099413     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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