The use of compost in growing media as suppressive agent against soil-borne diseases

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 779, Issue , 2008, Pages 39-49

  Raviv, Michael ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fusarium spp.; Peat moss; Phytophthora cinnamomi; Pythium spp.; Rhizoctonia solani; Sclerotium rolfsii; Suppressiveness

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ATHELIA ROLFSII; BRYOPHYTA; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; HYPHOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI; PYTHIUM; RHIZOCTONIA; SPHAGNUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 61449136060     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2008.779.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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