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A Method for Assessing the Efficacy of a Biocontrol Agent on Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Lee L. Burpee
Lee L. Burpee*
Affiliation:
Dep. Environ. Biol. and the Guelph Turfgrass Inst., Univ. Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1
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Abstract

The efficacy of nine granular formulations of a bioherbicide containing the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary was determined by assessing vegetative growth from tap roots of treated plants after incubation in a controlled environment. Plants treated with formulations 0788-03 or 0788-04 did not produce new petioles and leaves from tap roots after 96 h at 23 C and 100% relative humidity.

Keywords

Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale Weber in Wiggers ♯ TAROFBiological controlbioherbicideTaraxacum officinaleTAROF
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 1992 , pp. 401 - 403
Copyright
Copyright © 1990 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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