Scarification and environmental factors that enhance carpogenic germination of sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Plant Disease

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1041-1047

  Garg, Harsh ^a   Sivasithamparam, Krishnapillai ^a   Barbetti, Martin J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATED WATER; AIR DRYING; BRASSICA NAPUS; CARPOGENIC GERMINATION; CROPPING SEASONS; DISTILLED WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL TREATMENT; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; MASS PRODUCTION; PRIMARY SOURCES; RAINFED; RIVER SANDS; S. SCLEROTIORUM; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; TAP WATER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

COMPOSTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS;

WATER AERATION;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 77955599604     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-94-8-1041     Document Type: Article

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