Association of Pythium coloratum and Pythium sulcatum with cavity spot disease of carrots in Western Australia

Plant Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 727-735

  El Tarabily, K A ^a   Hardy, G E St J ^a   Sivasithamparam, K ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYTHIUM COLORATUM; PYTHIUM SULCATUM; APIACEAE; DAUCUS CAROTA;

CARROT; CAVITY SPOT; FUNGAL DISEASE; LESION;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030301971     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1996.d01-8.x     Document Type: Article

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