Host range of Drechslera avenacea, a fungus with potential for use as a biological control agent of Avena fatua

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 205-210

  Hetherington, S D ^a   Auld, B A ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Cereal; Inundative technique; Wild oat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035620129     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AP01020     Document Type: Article

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