Role of soil mesofauna in dispersal of Coniothyrium minitans: Transmission to sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1929-1935

  Williams, Roger H ^a   Whipps, John M ^a   Cooke, Roderic C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FUNGUS DISPERSAL; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; SOIL; WATER POTENTIAL;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DISPERSAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SOIL FAUNA;

ACARI; ACARUS SIRO; COLLEMBOLA; CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 0032403136     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00063-7     Document Type: Article

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