Using solarization to disinfest soil for olive nursery production

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 474, Issue , 1999, Pages 589-591

  Stapleton, J J ^a   Ferguson, L ^a   McKenry, M V ^a   Dougherty, D S ^a   Stapleton, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Olive; Soil disinfection; Solarization

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CRICONEMELLA XENOPLAX; PRATYLENCHUS VULNUS; TYLENCHULUS SEMIPENETRANS;

EID: 70449417821     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1999.474.122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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