A vegetable oil-based invert emulsion for mycoherbicide delivery

Biological Control

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-28

  Womack, Jonathan G ^a   Eccleston, Gillian M ^a   Burge, Michael N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascochyta pteridis; biological control; bracken; formulation; invert emulsion; mycoherbicide; Pteridium aquilinum; vegetable oil; water retention

Indexed keywords

ASCOCHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILICOPHYTA; FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 0030087565     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0003     Document Type: Article

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