Silicon soil amendments for suppressing powdery mildew on pumpkin

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Lepolu Torlon, J ^a   Heckman, Joseph R ^a   Simon, James E ^a   Wyenandt, Christian A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant pathology; Soil fertility; Wollastonite

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGAL DISEASE; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; LIMING; PH; SANDY LOAM; SILICA; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; VINE; WOLLASTONITE; WOOD ASH;

CUCURBITA PEPO; ERYSIPHALES; PODOSPHAERA XANTHII;

EID: 84965032379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8040293     Document Type: Article

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