Low-drift fungicide application technology for sclerotinia stem rot control in canola

Crop Protection

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 640-646

  Kutcher, H R ^a   Wolf, T M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Pesticide drift; Reduced environmental impact; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Indexed keywords

CANOLA; CROP YIELD; DISEASE CONTROL; FUNGICIDE; OPTIMIZATION;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 33646175794     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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