Fermentation strategies for improving the fitness of a bioherbicide

Weed Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 645-650

  Jackson, Mark A ^a   Schisler, David A ^a   Slininger, Patricia J ^a   Boyette, C Douglas ^b   Silman, Robert W ^c   Bothast, Rodney J ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c USDA ARS NCAUR 61604   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Colletotrichum truncatum; microsclerotia; Sesbania exaltata

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; COLLETOTRICHUM TRUNCATUM; FUNGI; SESBANIA HERBACEA;

EID: 0029911561     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0890037x00040574     Document Type: Conference Paper

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