Successful management of powdery mildew in pumpkin with disease threshold-based fungicide programs

Plant Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 910-916

  McGrath, M T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

cucurbits; disease threshold; Sphaerotheca fuliginea

Indexed keywords

ERYSIPHALES; PODOSPHAERA FULIGINEA;

EID: 0029781735     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-80-0910     Document Type: Article

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