Evaluation of wounds as a factor to infection of cabbage by ascospores of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Plant Disease

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 316-320

  Hudyncia, J ^a   Shew, H D ^a   Cody, B R ^a   Cubeta, M A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCOSPORE; CABBAGE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL INFECTION; FUNGAL SPORE; INOCULATION; UNITED STATES; WOUND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; FUNGI; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 0034000393     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2000.84.3.316     Document Type: Article

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