Epidemiology of sorghum anthracnose (Colletotrichum sublineolum) and leaf blight (Exserohilum turcicum) in Kenya

Plant Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 129-140

  Ngugi, H K ^a,b   Julian, A M ^b   King, S B ^a,d   Peacocke, B J ^c  

^a International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthracnose; Disease progress curves; Epidemiology; Parameter estimates; Planting date; Sorghum cultivars

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACNOSE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGAL INFECTION; KENYA; LEAF BLIGHT; MODEL; PLANTING DATE; SORGHUM; VIRULENCE;

DISEASE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

KENYA;

COLLETOTRICHUM SUBLINEOLUM; EXSEROHILUM TURCICUM;

EID: 0034066448     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2000.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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