Toxicity of Solanum xanthocarpum fruit extract against Alternaria brassicae, causal agent of Alternaria blight of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea)

Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-289

  Guleria, Sanjay ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^b   Tiku, A K ^a  

^a SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF JAMMU   (India)

^b CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alternaria brassicae; Brassica juncea; Fruit extract; Solanum xanthocarpum

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM XANTHOCARPUM;

EID: 75849124348     PISSN: 03235408     EISSN: 14772906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03235400701803937     Document Type: Article

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