Steam as a preplant soil disinfestant tool in California cut-flower production

HortTechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 207-214

  Rainbolt, Christine M ^a   Samtani, Jayesh B ^b   Fennimore, Steven A ^c   Gilbert, Celeste A ^c   Subbarao, Krishna V ^c   Gerik, James S ^d   Shrestha, Anil ^a   Hanson, Bradley D ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lily; Methyl bromide alternatives; Pathogen; Sunflower; Weed control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876488002     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.23.2.207     Document Type: Article

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