Slow filtration: A technique to minimise the risks of spreading root-infecting pathogens in closed hydroponic systems

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 559, Issue , 2001, Pages 495-502

  Van Os, E A ^a   Bruins, M ^a   Wohanka, W ^b   Seidel, R ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cucumber; Disinfection; Fusarium oxysporum; Gerbera; Growing media; Heat treatment; Methyl bromide; Ozone; Substrate; UV; Xanthomonas campestris

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GERBERA; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 47849090858     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.559.72     Document Type: Conference Paper

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