The population dynamics of annual plants and soil-borne fungal pathogens

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-328

  Thrall, Peter H ^a,d   Bever, James D ^a   Mihail, J D ^a,b   Alexander, Helen M ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNGAL PATHOGEN; HOST-PATHOGEN RELATIONSHIP; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL-BORNE FUNGI;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; PHYTOPHTHORA;

EID: 0030794690     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960504     Document Type: Article

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