Seed treatments to control seedborne fungal pathogens of vegetable crops

Pest Management Science

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 860-868

  Mancini, Valeria ^a   Romanazzi, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternaria spp; Biocontrol agents; Essential oils; Leptosphaeria maculans; Physical treatment; Seedborne pathogens

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; FUNGAL DISEASE; PATHOGEN; SEED TREATMENT; VEGETABLE;

ALTERNARIA; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; FUNGICIDE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CROP; FUNGUS; HEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT SEED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SEEDLING; TOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FUNGI; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; PLANT DISEASES; SEEDLING; SEEDS;

EID: 84899951291     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3693     Document Type: Review

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