Effect of plant age, temperature and humidity on virulence of Ascochyta caulina on common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album)

Weed Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 526-531

  Ghorbani, Reza ^a   Seel, Wendy ^b   Rashed, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Leifert, Carlo ^c  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioherbicide; Biological control; Dew period; Spore inocula; Vapor pressure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGUS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIRULENCE; WEED;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; ASCOCHYTA CAULINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHENOPODIUM; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; FUNGI;

EID: 33750353422     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-04-026R3.1     Document Type: Article

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