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FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT OF WHEAT: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT BY GENETIC AND CHEMICAL MEANS

Objective

Identify fungicides that provide effective and economical disease management for farmers. Quantify the effect of primary inoculum abundance on FHB development. Conduct experiments to characterize new sources of resistance to FHB and provide information on inheritance of resistance and stability of expression of different types of resistance.

Investigators
Simmons M W
Institution
Purdue University
Start date
2004
End date
2007
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
0500-00053-002-25G
Accession number
408371
Categories
Bacterial Pathogens
Prevention and Control
Chemical Contaminants
Pesticide Residues
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