Evaluation of Epicoccum purpurascens as biological control agent of Echinochloa spp. in rice fields

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 394-397

  Motlagh, Mohammad Reza Safari ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biological control; Echinochloa spp.; Epicoccum purpurascens; Fungi

Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIUM; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; ECHINOCHLOA; EPICOCCUM PURPURASCENS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; POTATO; RICE; SPOROGENESIS; TAXONOMY;

ECHINOCHLOA; EPICOCCUM PURPURASCENS; FUNGI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 80755143217     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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