Importance of the husk covering on the susceptibility of corn hybrids to fusarium ear rot

Plant Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 208-210

  Warfield, C Y ^a   Davis, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSARIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030049506     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-80-0208     Document Type: Article

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