Establishment of the yellow starthistle rust in California: Release, recovery, and spread

Plant Disease

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-178

  Woods, Dale M ^a   Fisher, Alison J ^b   Villegas, Baldo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DISTANCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; CALIFORNIA; CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS; RUST FUNGUS; RUST INFECTIONS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STANDARD ERRORS;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS; FUNGI; PUCCINIA JACEAE; UREDINALES;

EID: 76249131704     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-94-2-0174     Document Type: Article

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