Efficacy of Typhula phacorrhiza as a biocontrol agent of grey snow mould of creeping bentgrass

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1276-1281

  Wu, C ^a   Hsiang, T ^a   Yang, L ^a   Liu, L X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Fungi; Turfgrass disease

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; INOCULATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; TYPHULA INCARNATA; TYPHULA ISHIKARIENSIS; TYPHULA PHACORRHIZA;

EID: 0032469151     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b98-114     Document Type: Article

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