Suppression of fusarium wilt of watermelon by biological and chemical control

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1816-1825

  Hamed, Eman R ^a   AbdEl Sayed, M H F ^b   Shehata, Heba S ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

^c PLANT PATHOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. niveum; Fusarium wilt; Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Suppression and biological control

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949904243     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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