Biology and management of dollar spot (Sclerotinia Homoeocarpa); an important disease of turfgrass

HortScience

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-21

  Walsh, Brenda ^a   Ikeda, Stephanie S ^a   Boland, Greg J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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SCLEROTINIA HOMOEOCARPA;

EID: 0032975061     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.34.1.13     Document Type: Review

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