Increased pepper yields following incorporation of biofumigation cover crops and the effects on soilborne pathogen populations and pepper diseases

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-77

  Hansen, Z R ^a   Keinath, A P ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofumigation; Brassica; Capsicum annuum; Oilseed radish; Pepper; Pythium aphanidermatum

Indexed keywords

ATHELIA ROLFSII; BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 84871078620     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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