Evaluation of soybean cultivars for resistance to sclerotinia stalk rot in South Africa

Crop Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-235

  McLaren, N W ^a   Craven, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b ARC GRAIN CROPS INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cultivar evaluation; Resistance; Sclerotinia; Soybean

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGAL DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

GLYCINE MAX; SCLEROTINIA;

EID: 36549055033     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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