Pythium root rot and growth responses of organically grown geranium plants to beneficial microorganism

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1622-1627

  Gravel, Valérie ^a   Ménard, Claudine ^a   Dorais, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hen manure; Organic fertilization; Pelargonium; Pseudomonas; Pythium ultimum; Trichoderma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; PELARGONIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE;

EID: 70350161796     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.6.1622     Document Type: Article

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