Chitosan in plant protection

Marine Drugs

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 968-987

  El Hadrami, Abdelbasset ^a   Adam, Lorne R ^a   El Hadrami, Ismail ^b   Daayf, Fouad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Biocidal activity; Biological control; Chitin; Chitosan; Plant defenses; Resistance

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITOSAN; LIGNIN; MINERAL; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE; PHYTOALEXIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEINASE;

BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; DISEASE CONTROL; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OOMYCETES; PEST MANAGEMENT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SOIL AMENDMENT; VIRAL PLANT DISEASE; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 77952569482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md8040968     Document Type: Review

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