Geographic variation in severity of phoma stem canker and Leptosphaeria maculans/ L. biglobosa populations on UK winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus)

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-109

  Stonard, Jenna F ^a   Latunde Dada, Akinwunmi O ^a   Huang, Yong Ju ^a   West, Jonathan S ^a   Evans, Neal ^a   Fitt, Bruce D L ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation to climate change; Coexisting pathogen species; Host pathogen environment interactions; Integrated disease management; Invasive species; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CANOLA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVAR; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FUNGICIDE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWING SEASON; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVASIVE SPECIES;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA BIGLOBOSA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; PHOMA;

EID: 71049155415     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-009-9525-0     Document Type: Article

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