Biocontrol potential of cyanobacterial metabolites against damping off disease caused by Pythium aphanidermatum in solanaceous vegetables

Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 666-677

  Manjunath, M ^a   Prasanna, Radha ^a   Nain, Lata ^a   Dureja, Prem ^a   Singh, Rajendra ^a   Kumar, Arun ^a   Jaggi, Seema ^b   Kaushik, Brahma Dutta ^c  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ICAR INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c NETAJI SUBHAS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Calothrix; Cyanobacteria; Damping off; Pythium sp; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CALOTHRIX; CALOTHRIX ELENKINII; CYANOBACTERIA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 77951730348     PISSN: 03235408     EISSN: 14772906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03235400802075815     Document Type: Article

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