Nutritional quality of Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle and its effects on a fungal pathogen Mycoleptodiscus terrestris (Gerd.) Ostazeski

Biological Control

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-183

  Shearer, Judy F ^a   Grodowitz, Michael J ^a   McFarland, Dwilette G ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic weed; Biocontrol; Hydrilla verticillata; Microsclerotia; Mycoleptodiscus terrestris; Plant nutrition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; MYCOLEPTODISCUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 34047141726     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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