Host frequency and density effects on powdery mildew and yield in mixtures of barley cultivars

Plant Pathology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 807-816

  Finckh, M R ^a,e   Gacek, E S ^b   Czembor, H J ^c   Wolfe, M S ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b National Office for Cultivar Testing   (Poland)

^c PLANT BREEDING AND ACCLIMATIZATION INSTITUTE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d Wakelyns Agroforestry   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barley; Cultivar mixtures; Density effects; Disease control; Frequency effects; Powdery mildew

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; COMPETITION; CULTIVAR; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANT PATHOLOGY; PLANTING DENSITY; POWDERY MILDEW; TILLERING;

DISEASE VECTOR; FUNGAL DISEASE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0033404918     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1999.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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