Favourable conditions for the bioherbicide candidate Fusarium tumidum to infect and cause severe disease on gorse (Ulex europaeus) in a controlled environment

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 301-311

  Morin, Louise ^a,c   Gianotti, Alison F ^a   Barker, Richard ^b   Johnston, Peter R ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioherbicide; Dew period; Fusarium tumidum; Gorse; Inoculum density; Inundative biological weed control; Mycoherbicide; Plant age; Temperature; Ulex europaeus

Indexed keywords

BIOHERBICIDE; BIOMASS; INOCULATION; MYCOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOGENICITY;

BIOHERBICIDE; FUNGAL PATHOGEN; WEED CONTROL;

NEW ZEALAND;

CYTISUS; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM TUMIDUM; SPERMATOPHYTA; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 0031823283     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159830360     Document Type: Article

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