Effects of silk maturity and pollination on infection of maize ears by Ustilago maydis

Plant Disease

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 621-626

  Du Toit, Lindsey J ^a,b   Pataky, Jerald K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GERMPLASM; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT GROWTH; POLLINATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032994325     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1999.83.7.621     Document Type: Article

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