Article
Differentiating A and B groups of Leptosphaeria maculans, causal agent of stem canker (blackleg) of oilseed rape.
1999-04-01
Abstract excerpt
Stem canker or blackleg of brassicas, caused by Leptosphaeria maculans, is one of the most damaging diseases of winter oilseed rape in the UK. Airborne ascospores, released in autumn and winter, initiate leaf infections which may lead to colonization of the petiole and, later in the season, formation of stem lesions and cankers. Although isolates of the pathogen differ in ability to cause damaging stem cankers, th...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 44da7f89-9627-5cd9-8891-ca35e357e81a
- DOI
- 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1999.00333.x
