Understanding the mode of action of organic soil amendments provides the way for improved management of soilborne plant pathogens

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 698, Issue , 2005, Pages 215-224

  Lazarovits, G ^a   Conn, K L ^a   Abbasi, P A ^a   Tenuta, M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Biological control; Nitrous acid; Organic soil amendments; PH; Soilborne plant pathogens; Streptomyces scabies; Verticillium dahliae; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879653627     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.698.29     Document Type: Article

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