Sclerotial formation and strand growth of Phymatotrichopsis omnivora in minirhizotrons planted with cotton at different soil water potentials

Plant Pathology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-266

  Kenerley, C M ^a   White, T L ^a   Jeger, M J ^a,c   Gerik, T J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; COTTON; FUNGAL GROWTH; MINIRHIZOTRON; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL INOCULATION; WATER POTENTIAL; WATER;

PHYMATOTRICHOPSIS OMNIVORA;

EID: 0031807659     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1998.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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