Effects of growing season and fungicide type on the development of Alternaria solani and on potato yield

Plant Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 994-998

  Shtienberg, D ^a   Blachinsky, D ^a   Ben Hador, G ^b   Dinoor, A ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Solanum tuberosum; yield loss assessment

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA SOLANI;

EID: 0029825737     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-80-0994     Document Type: Article

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