Treatment with chitosan protects habanero pepper against the infection with Phytophthora capsici

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-65

  López, Héctor Mukul ^a   Vázquez, Elizabeth Ortíz ^b   Aguilar, José Juan Zúñiga ^c   Uc, Gabriel Lizama ^a,b,d  

^a Instituto Tecnológico Del sur Del Estado de Yucatán   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE MÉRIDA   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Capsicum; environmentally safe; Phytphthora blight; plant disease

Indexed keywords

AGROCHEMICAL; CHEMICAL CONTROL; CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE CONTROL; EUKARYOTE; FUNGAL DISEASE; GROWTH RATE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM CHINENSE; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CAPSICI;

EID: 77956953086     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJPS.58.1.61     Document Type: Article

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