Effects of nitrogen availability and spore concentration on the biocontrol activity of Ascochyta caulina in common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album)

Weed Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 628-633

  Ghorbani, R ^a   Scheepens, P C ^b   Zweerde, W V D ^b   Leifert, C ^a   McDonald, A J S ^c   Seel, W ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioherbicide; Biological control; Dose response; Mycoherbicide; Spore inocula

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HERBICIDE; LEAF AREA; NITROGEN; PATHOGENICITY; WEED; WEED CONTROL;

ASCOCHYTA CAULINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; FUNGI;

EID: 0141988442     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/0043-1745(2002)050[0628:EONAAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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