Effect of the rust fungus Puccinia chondrillina TU 788 on plant size and plant size variability in Chondrilla juncea

Weed Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 370-376

  Hanley, M E ^a,b   Groves, R H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Gini coefficient; Skeleton weed

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNGUS; RUST DISEASE; WEED;

CHONDRILLA JUNCEA; FUNGI; PUCCINIA; PUCCINIA CHONDRILLINA; UREDINALES;

EID: 0036773815     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3180.2002.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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