The reactions of Canadian spring wheat genotypes to inoculation with Claviceps purpurea, the causal agent of ergot

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 625-629

  Menzies, J G ^a  

^a Cereal Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Claviceps purpurea; Durum wheat; Ergot; Hexaploid wheat; Honeydew; Resistance; Sclerotia size; T. aestivum; Triticum turgidum var. durum

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; INOCULATION;

ANIMALIA; CLAVICEPS; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; FUNGI; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 3343022026     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P03-086     Document Type: Article

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