The effects of ultraviolet-U (UV-B: 290-320 nm) radiation on blister blight disease of tea (Camellia sinensis)

Plant Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-185

  Gunasekera, T S ^a   Paul, N D ^a   Ayres, P G ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; EXOBASIDIUM VEXANS; THEACEAE;

BLISTER BLIGHT DISEASE; FUNGAL PATHOGEN; TEA; ULTRAVIOLET-B;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0030618406     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1997.d01-216.x     Document Type: Article

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