Biological control of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum by film-coating Coniothyrium minitans on to sunflower seed and sclerotia

Plant Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 919-929

  McQuilken, M P ^a,b   Budge, S P ^a   Whipps, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DISEASE CONTROL; SCLEROTIA; SEED TREATMENT; SUNFLOWER;

ASTERACEAE; CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS; FUNGI; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 0031449187     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1997.d01-79.x     Document Type: Article

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