Effects of inoculum concentration, wetness duration and plant age on development of early blight (Alternaria solani) and on shedding of leaves in tomato plants

Plant Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 339-345

  Vloutoglou, I ^a   Kalogerakis, S N ^a  

^a BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alternaria solani; Defoliation; Inoculum concentration; Leaf wetness; Plant age; Tomato

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DEFOLIATION; EARLY BLIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HYBRID; INOCULUM; LEAF WETNESS; PLANT AGE; TOMATO;

DEFOLIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FUNGAL DISEASE; INOCULATION; WETTING;

ALTERNARIA SOLANI;

EID: 0034044326     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2000.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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