Effect of silicon on the severity of brown rust of sugarcane in South Africa

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 53-60

  Ramouthar, Prabashnie Vengetsamy ^a,b   Caldwell, Patricia May ^a   McFarlane, Sharon Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN SUGARCANE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brown rust; Silicon; South Africa; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; FUNGAL DISEASE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INDEX METHOD; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; SILICON; SUGAR CANE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

PUCCINIA MELANOCEPHALA;

EID: 84946110142     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: 15738469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-015-0812-7     Document Type: Article

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