Fungal and bacterial diseases of north american forage crops

Pasture and Forage Crop Pathology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 165-186

  Hancock, Joseph G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial diseases; Forage crops; Fungal diseases; Immature crop; Mature crop; North america; Phenologies; Root pathogens; Seeding techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101888464     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/1996.pastureforagecroppathol.c9     Document Type: Chapter

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