Factors affecting the incidence and severity of Spongospora subterranea infection and galling in potato roots

Plant Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1005-1013

  Van De Graaf, P ^a   Wale, S J ^b   Lees, A K ^c  

^a Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inoculum level; Potato powdery scab; Root galling; Soil moisture; Soil type; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNGAL DISEASE; GROWTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; ROOT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TYPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPONGOSPORA SUBTERRANEA;

EID: 35948972217     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01686.x     Document Type: Article

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