Disease epidemics and plant competition: Control of Senecio vulgaris with Puccinia lagenophorae

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-148

  Frantzen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological weed control; Pathogen; Size hierarchy; Spatial dynamics; System management approach

Indexed keywords

APIUM; APIUM GRAVEOLENS RAPACEUM; APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; FUNGI; PUCCINIA LAGENOPHORAE; SENECIO VULGARIS; UREDINALES;

EID: 0004712833     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00012     Document Type: Article

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