Residual efficacy of Typhula phacorrhiza as a biocontrol agent of grey snow mold on creeping bentgrass

Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 382-387

  Hsiang, T ^a   Wu, C ^a   Cook, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Low temperature fungi; Turfgrass disease; Typhula incarnata; Typhula ishikariensis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CANADA; GREY SNOW MOLD; INOCULATION; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL;

AGROSTIS PALUSTRIS; TYPHULA INCARNATA; TYPHULA ISHIKARIENSIS; TYPHULA PHACORRHIZA;

EID: 0033402498     PISSN: 07060661     EISSN: 17152992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07060669909501175     Document Type: Article

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