Silicon suppresses fusarium crown and root rot of tomato

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 159, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 546-554

  Huang, Cheng Hua ^a   Roberts, Pamela D ^b   Datnoff, Lawrence E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusarium crown and root rot; Fusarium oxysporum; Plant nutrition; Silicon

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRUIT; FUMIGATION; FUNGUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INOCULATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PATHOGENICITY; ROOT ROT; SEEDLING; SILICON; SOILBORNE DISEASE;

FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 79960017490     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: 14390434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2011.01803.x     Document Type: Article

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