Does large-scale cropping of herbicide-resistant cultivars increase the incidence of polyphagous soil-borne plant pathogens?

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-54

  Termorshuizen, Aad J ^a   Lotz, L A P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fungal root pathogens; Herbicide resistant cultivars; Side effects; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036523347     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000002101293868     Document Type: Article

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