Efficacy of plant extracts and biocontrol agents against Pythium aphanidermatum inciting chilli damping-off

Crop Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1483-1488

  Muthukumar, A ^a   Eswaran, A ^a   Nakkeeran, S ^b   Sangeetha, G ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Allium sativum L Allium cepa L.; Disease management; GC MS analysis; Plant growth promotion; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Trichoderma viride

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DAMPING-OFF; DISEASE CONTROL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT EXTRACT; TOXICITY;

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 77957918239     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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