Exploring the host range of Fusarium tumidum, a candidate bioherbicide for gorse and broom

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-211

  Barton, J ^a,b   Gianotti, A F ^a   Morin, L ^a,c   Webster, R A ^d,e  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b RD 5 ^*  (New Zealand)

^c The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal pathogen; Inundative biological control; Invasive weeds

Indexed keywords

CHAMAECYTISUS; CYTISUS; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; FABACEAE; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM TUMIDUM; LUPINUS; LUPINUS ARBOREUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; ULEX; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 0038674033     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AP03009     Document Type: Article

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