Evaluation of resistance to Sclerotinia crown and stem rot caused by Sclerotinia trifoliorum in selected alfalfa cultivars
Sclerotinia crown and stem rot (SCSR) incited by Sclerotinia trifoliorum Eriks. causes severe losses in some fall-seeded, no-tillage plantings of alfalfa (Medicago sativa IL.) in Virginia. A mycelial plug inoculation technique was used to detect differences between cultivar (cv) responses of two alf...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43273 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06122010-020505/ |