Biological control of sclerotinia pseudotuberosa and other fungi during moist storage of quercus robur seeds

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 615-624

  Finch Savage, W E ^a   Clay, H A ^a   Budge, S P ^a   Dent, K C ^a   Clarkson, J P ^a   Whipps, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coniothyrium minitans; Recalcitrant seeds; Seed storage; Thermotherapy; Trichoderma virens

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNGUS; PATHOGEN; STORAGE;

CONIOTHYRIUM; CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS; FUNGI; HYPOCREA VIRENS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; SCLEROTINIA; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0042066541     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024784831972     Document Type: Article

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