Germination of soil-incorporated microsclerotia of Colletotrichum truncatum and colonization of seedlings of the weed Sesbania exaltata

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1032-1038

  Schisler, David A ^a   Jackson, Mark A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioherbicide; Colletotrichum truncatum; Microsclerotia; Mycoherbicide; Sesbania exaltata

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLLETOTRICHUM TRUNCATUM; FUNGI; SESBANIA EXALTATA; SESBANIA HERBACEA; FABACEAE;

BIOHERBICIDE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COLONIZATION; MICROSCLEROTIA; MYCOHERBICIDE; SEEDLING; WEED;

EID: 0029660521     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-132     Document Type: Article

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