Apple replant disease: Role of microbial ecology in cause and control

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-65

  Mazzola, Mark ^a   Manici, Luisa M ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

beneficial microorganisms; biofumigation; Brassicaceae seed meal; managing soil biology; organic amendments; soil suppressiveness

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; FUMIGATION; MALUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; SOIL; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; FUMIGATION; MALUS; PLANT DISEASES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

BRASSICACEAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84872231301     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-081211-173005     Document Type: Review

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