Potential use of biocontrol agents for control of Pyrenochaeta lycopersici in tomato crops

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-384

  Varela, Ana Rita ^a   Mert, Birgitta Rä ^a   Mårtensson, Anna ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gliocladium catenulatum; Lycopersicon esculentum; Streptomyces griseoviridis; Trichoderma harzianum; Trichoderma polysporum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875665461     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710802263218     Document Type: Article

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