Influence of temperature, relative humidity, ascospore concentration, and length of drying of colonized dry bean flowers on white mold development

Plant Disease

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 946-950

  Harikrishnan, R ^a   Del Rio L E ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGI;

ASCOSPORES; DRY BEAN; INOCULUM SOURCE; WHITE MOLD;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DISEASES; FUNGI; INOCULATION; PLANTS; SPORES;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 33745198210     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0946     Document Type: Article

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