Survival of conidia of Discula destructiva in frass of the convergent lady beetle

Plant Disease

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 806-809

  Hed, Bryan E ^a   Windham, Mark T ^a   Grant, Jerome F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornus florida; Dogwood anthracnose; Flowering dogwood

Indexed keywords

CONIDIUM; FUNGUS DETECTION;

COLEOPTERA; CORNUS; CORNUS FLORIDA; DISCULA DESTRUCTIVA; FUNGI; HIPPODAMIA CONVERGENS;

EID: 0032816505     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1999.83.9.806     Document Type: Article

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