Influence of late season harvesting, fall grazing, and fungicide treatment on Verticillium wilt incidence, plant density, and forage yield of alfalfa

Plant Disease

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 811-816

  Gray, F A ^a   Koch, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown rot; Disease management; Host resistance; Lucerne

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DISEASES; FUNGICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FALL GRAZING; SPORE SUSPENSION;

HARVESTING;

DISEASES; FORAGE; FUNGICIDES; HARVESTING; SPORES; VARIETIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PARNASSIUS APOLLO; VERTICILLIUM; VERTICILLIUM ALBO-ATRUM;

EID: 3843072945     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2004.88.8.811     Document Type: Article

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