Conidial dispersal by Alternaria brassicicola on Chinese cabbage (Brassica pekinensis) in the field and under simulated conditions

Plant Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 536-545

  Chen, L Y ^a,b   Price, T V ^a   Park Ng, Z ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alternaria brassicicola; Brassica dark leaf spot; Epidemiology; Model fitting; Spore dispersal

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISPERSAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGAL DISEASE; SPORE;

ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 0142027952     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2003.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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