Effects of temperature, relative humidity and duration of wetness period on germination and infection by conidia of the pear scab pathogen (Venturia nashicola)

Plant Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 546-552

  Li, B ^a   Zhao, H ^a   Xu, X M ^b  

^a QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HORTICULTURE RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Germination; Infection; Model; Pear scab

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; GERMINATION; PATHOGEN; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

FUNGI; PYRUS COMMUNIS; VENTURIA NASHICOLA;

EID: 0142091566     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2003.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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