HYDROLYSIS OF FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE IN AN AVOCADO PLANTATION MULCH SUPPRESSIVE TO PHYTOPHTHORA-CINNAMOMI AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH CERTAIN BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FACTORS

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作者
YOU, MP [1 ]
SIVASITHAMPARAM, K [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WESTERN AUSTRALIA,SCH AGR,NEDLANDS,WA 6009,AUSTRALIA
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10.1016/0038-0717(94)90217-8
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S15 [土壤学];
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0903 ; 090301 ;
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Total microbial activity (assayed by the hydrolysis of fluorescein diacetate) in an organic mulch used for avocados in Western Australia changed with time. Temperature, pH and moisture contents of the mulch and the numbers of fungi in the mulch infested with Phytophthora cinnamomi were positively correlated with total microbial activity. The infectivity of P. cinnamomi was negatively correlated with the total microbial activity of the mulch in which it was exposed for 3 weeks.
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