Identity, Pathogenicity, and Comparative Virulence of Fusarium spp. Related to Stand Declines of Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula) in the Northern Plains

Plant Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1395-1398

  Caesar, A J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rangeland; Weeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001610123     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-80-1395     Document Type: Article

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