Seasonal and diurnal patterns of spore dispersal by Leptosphaeria maculans from canola stubble in relation to environmental conditions

Plant Disease

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-104

  Guo, X W ^a   Fernando, W G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Spore concentration; Time of spore dispersal

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN;

CANOLA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; SPORE DISPERSAL;

DISEASES;

DISEASES; E I S; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS; RAIN; STEMS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 11144229213     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-89-0097     Document Type: Article

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