Reactions of processing sweet corn hybrids to Gibberella ear rot

Plant Disease

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 176-180

  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

EAR ROT; FOOD PROCESSING; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; HOST RESISTANCE; HYBRID; INOCULATION; MAIZE; PLANT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033006209     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1999.83.2.176     Document Type: Article

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