Control of potato tuber rots caused by oomycetes with foliar applications of phosphorous acid

Plant Disease

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1153-1159

  Johnson, Dennis A ^a   Inglis, Debra A ^a   Miller, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Pythium leak

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HARVESTING; PHOSPHORIC ACID; VEGETATION;

POTATO CULTIVARS; TUBER ROT CONTROL; TUBER ROTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DECAY; DISEASES; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOROUS ACID; PLANTS; TUBERS; VARIETIES;

FUNGI; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA ERYTHROSEPTICA; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 4544263340     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2004.88.10.1153     Document Type: Article

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