Model for economic analysis of fungicide usage in hybrid corn seed production

Plant Disease

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 415-422

  Wegulo, S N ^a   Martinson, C A ^a   Rivera C, J M ^a   Nutter Jr , F W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium zeae; Bipolaris zeicola; Cercospora zeae maydis; Exserohilumturcicum; Puccinia sorghi

Indexed keywords

AUREOBASIDIUM; AUREOBASIDIUM ZEAE; BIPOLARIS ZEICOLA; CERCOSPORA ZEAE; CERCOSPORA ZEAE-MAYDIS; PUCCINIA SORGHI; ZEA MAYS; SETOSPHAERIA TURCICA;

EID: 0030960927     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1997.81.4.415     Document Type: Article

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