Evaluation of silicon for managing powdery mildew on gerbera daisy

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2131-2144

  Moyer, C ^a   Peres, N A ^a   Datnoff, L E ^b   Simonne, E H ^c   Deng, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium silicate; Gerbera daisy; Potassium silicate; Powdery mildew

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ERYSIPHALES; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; GERBERA; GERBERA JAMESONII; GOLOVINOMYCES CICHORACEARUM; PODOSPHAERA FUSCA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VITACEAE;

EID: 55749090826     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160802459641     Document Type: Article

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