Integrated control of fruit rot and powdery mildew of chilli using the biocontrol agent Pseudomonas fluorescens and a chemical fungicide

Biological Control

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Anand, T ^a   Chandrasekaran, A ^a   Kuttalam, S ^a   Senthilraja, G ^a   Samiyappan, R ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Colletotrichum capsici; Integrated disease management; Leveillula taurica; Per cent disease index

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM CAPSICI; ERYSIPHALES; LEVEILLULA TAURICA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 70449670302     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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