Biological control of the Noogoora burr complex with Alternaria zinniae: Environmental conditions favouring disease

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 71-80

  Nehl, David B ^a,b   Brown, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Hunter burr; Mycoherbicide; Mycoherbistat; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ZINNIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOOGOORA; NOOGOORA BURR; XANTHIUM; XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM CANADENSE; XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM GLABRATUM;

EID: 0034377952     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ap00014     Document Type: Article

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