Management practices to reduce gray leaf spot of maize

Crop Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1257-1262

  Ward, J M J ^a   Laing, M D ^c   Cairns, A L P ^b  

^a Cedara Agric Development Institute   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c NONE

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EID: 0030847671     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1997.0011183X003700040038x     Document Type: Article

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