The benefits of combining elemental sulfur with a DMI fungicide to control Monilinia fructicola isolates resistant to propiconazole

Pest Management Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-164

  Holb, Imre J ^a   Schnabel, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown rot; Disease management; Elemental sulfur; Fungicide resistance; Monilinia fructicola; Prunus persica; Triazoles

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; PROPICONAZOLE; SULFUR; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FRUIT; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; ORCHARD; SULFUR;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; FUNGUS SPORE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRUNUS;

ASCOMYCOTA; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FRUIT; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; PRUNUS; SPORES, FUNGAL; SULFUR; TRIAZOLES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MONILINIA FRUCTICOLA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 38349144103     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1492     Document Type: Article

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