Effect of Moisture Conditions and Pre-Incubation at Low Temperature on Bacterial Wilt of Tomato Caused by Ralstonia solanacearum

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 244-247

  Islam, Tajul Md ^a   Toyota, Koki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bacterial wilt; low temperature; Ralstonia solanacearum; soil moisture; survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856299589     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.19.244     Document Type: Article

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