Evaluation of an isolate of Myrothecium verrucaria from sicklepod (Senna obtusffolia) as a potential mycoherbicide agent

Biological Control

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-112

  Lynn Walker, H ^a   Tilley, Anthony M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cassia obtusifolia; Glycine max; Host range; Mycoherbicide; Myrothecium verrucaria; Senna obtusifolia; Sicklepod; Soybean

Indexed keywords

ANODA CRISTATA; BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; CASSIA; DATURA STRAMONIUM; FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; MYROTHECIUM VERRUCARIA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SENNA; SENNA OBTUSFFOLIA; SENNA OBTUSIFOLIA; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS; SESBANIA HERBACEA; VERRUCARIA;

EID: 0031259869     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0559     Document Type: Article

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