Timing of azoxystrobin+propiconazole application on maize to control northern corn leaf blight and maximize grain yield

Field Crops Research

Volumn 139, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-29

  Blandino, Massimo ^a   Galeazzi, Michele ^b   Savoia, Walter ^b   Reyneri, Amedeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Application timing; Azoxystrobin; Fungicide; Maize; Northern corn leaf blight; Propiconazole

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; MAIZE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; SETOSPHAERIA TURCICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84869098647     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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