Does organic farming increase soil suppression against Fusarium wilt of melon?

Organic Agriculture

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 203-216

  Yogev, Anat ^a,b   Laor, Yael ^a   Katan, Jaacov ^b   Hadar, Yitzhak ^b   Cohen, Rony ^a   Medina, Shlomit ^a   Raviv, Michael ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compost; Cucumis melo L.; Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis; Microcalorimetry; Organic agriculture; Soil borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. MELONIS;

EID: 84877876836     PISSN: 18794238     EISSN: 18794246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13165-011-0016-1     Document Type: Article

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