Biocontrol of sclerotinia stem rot (Sclerotinia minor) in sunflower by seed treatment with Gliocladium virens

Plant Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 583-592

  Burgess, D R ^a,c   Hepworth, G ^b  

^a Institute of Plant Sciences   (Australia)

^b Institute for Horticultural Development   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PATHOGEN; SCLEROTINIA STEM ROT;

GLIOCLADIUM VIRENS; HELIANTHEAE; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; SCLEROTINIA MINOR;

EID: 0030465459     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1996.d01-145.x     Document Type: Article

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