Pythium soft rot of ginger: Detection and identification of the causal pathogens, and their control

Crop Protection

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 153-167

  Le, Duy Phu ^a   Smith, Mike ^b   Hudler, George William ^c   Aitken, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced detection; Control strategies; Ginger; Oomycota; Production; Pythium

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE CONTROL; FUNGAL DISEASE; GROWTH; HERB; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MONOCOTYLEDON; PARASITIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RHIZOME;

CHINA; INDIA;

OOMYCETES; PYTHIUM; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 84907338206     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2014.07.021     Document Type: Review

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