Compost teas: Alternative approaches to the biological control of plant diseases

Microbial Ecology of Aerial Plant Surfaces

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 165-179

  Mahaffee, W F ^a   Scheuerell, S J ^b  

^a University Department of Botany and Plant Pathology   (United States)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

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