Basil downy mildew (Peronospora belbahrii): Discoveries and challenges relative to its control

Phytopathology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 885-894

  Wyenandt, Christian A ^a   Simon, James E ^a   Pyne, Robert M ^a   Homa, Kathryn ^a   McGrath, Margaret T ^b   Zhang, Shouan ^c   Raid, Richard N ^c   Ma, Li Jun ^d   Wick, Robert ^d   Guo, Li ^d   Madeiras, Angela ^d  

^a Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center   (United States)

^b Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PERONOSPORA; PERONOSPORACEAE;

FUNGICIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BASIL; ECONOMICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PERONOSPORA; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PERONOSPORA; PEST CONTROL; PLANT DISEASES;

EID: 84937862701     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: 19437684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-02-15-0032-FI     Document Type: Article

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