Integration of organic amendments, crop rotation, residue retention and minimum tillage into a subtropical vegetable farming system enhances suppressiveness to root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita)

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 625-637

  Stirling, Graham R ^a  

^a Biological Crop Protection Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Meloidogyne; Pythium recalcitrans; Rhizoctonia solani; Root knot nematode; Suppressive soil; Vegetable farming system

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM; GLYCINE MAX; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; PYTHIUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 84887884792     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: 14486032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13313-013-0236-9     Document Type: Article

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