Observations on the maintenance and measurement of soil water in simple pot experiments and its effects on seed-borne Fusarium culmorum seedling blight of winter wheat

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-236

  Hare, M C ^a   Parry, D W ^a  

^a HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fusarium culmorum; Seedling blight; Soil matric potential; Soil water

Indexed keywords

FUSARIUM CULMORUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; POACEAE;

BLIGHT; SOIL WATER; WHEAT;

EID: 0030299249     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1996.tb05747.x     Document Type: Article

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