Protectant activity of reduced concentration copper sprays against Alternaria brown spot on 'Fortune' mandarin fruit in Spain

Crop Protection

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Vicent, A ^a   Armengol, J ^a   Garcia Jimenez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternaria alternata; Disease control; Organic production; Tangerine pathotype

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOLIAGE; FRUIT; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; SPRAY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; PUNCTUM BLANDIANUM;

EID: 56949085112     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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