The role of seeds and airborne inoculum in the initiation of leaf blotch (Rhynchosporium secalis) epidemics in winter barley

Plant Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 330-337

  Fountaine, J M ^a,b,c   Shaw, M W ^b   Ward, E ^a   Fraaije, B A ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barley leaf scald; Real time PCR; Seed infection; Spore trap

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GROWING SEASON; INOCULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HORDEUM; RHYNCHOSPORIUM SECALIS;

EID: 77950943832     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2009.02213.x     Document Type: Article

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