Compost and compost tea: Principles and prospects as substrates and soil-borne disease management strategies in soil-less vegetable production

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-33

  St Martin, C C G ^a   Brathwaite, R A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Compost; Compost tea; Disease suppression; Growing substrate; Soil borne disease

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; COMPOST; CROP PRODUCTION; DAMPING-OFF; DARCY LAW; DISEASE CONTROL; GROWTH RATE; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; ROOT ROT; SOILBORNE DISEASE; SUBSTRATE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84867549162     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2012.671516     Document Type: Article

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