The escalating threat of Rhizoctonia cerealis, the causal agent of sharp eyespot in wheat

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1411-1419

  Hamada, Mohamed Sobhy ^a   Yin, Yanni ^a   Chen, Huaigu ^b   Ma, Zhonghua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Rhizoctonia cerealis; Sharp eyespot; Soilborne fungi; Wheat

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE;

CROP YIELD; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIFE CYCLE; PATHOGEN; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WHEAT;

ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPHOMYCETES; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; WHEAT;

FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RHIZOCTONIA; TRITICUM;

SOUTH AMERICA;

CERATOBASIDIUM CEREALE; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80054047394     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2236     Document Type: Review

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