Sand topdressing rate and interval effects on anthracnose severity of an annual bluegrass putting green

Crop Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1406-1415

  Inguagiato, John C ^a   Murphy, James A ^b   Clarke, Bruce B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLETOTRICHUM; POA; POA ANNUA;

EID: 84859952557     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2011.01.0010     Document Type: Article

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