The potential of Stagonospora convolvuli as a mycoherbicide for field bindweed

@inproceedings{Pfirter1999ThePO,
  title={The potential of Stagonospora convolvuli as a mycoherbicide for field bindweed},
  author={Hanspeter A. Pfirter},
  year={1999}
}
The bindweeds Calystegia sepium and Convolvulus arvensis are difficult to control chemically. Calystegia sepium is often a problem in maize or in vineyards, while C. arvensis is an important weed of cereals. The biological control of these weeds with insects or fungal pathogens has been investigated since 1970. More than 600 fungi collected in countries throughout Europe have been isolated in our laboratories. The isolates with the highest and most stable pathogenicity against bindweed belong… 
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