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Relationships between Clover Root Curculio Injury and Severity of Bacterial Wilt in Alfalfa 1
Author(s) -
Hill R. R.,
Murray J. J.,
Zeiders K. E.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1971.0011183x001100020044x
Subject(s) - biology , curculio , medicago sativa , bacterial wilt , agronomy , horticulture , botany , curculionidae
Alfalfa, Medicago sativa L., plants were exposed to larvae of the clover root curculio, Sitona hispidula (F.), and the bacterial wilt causal organism, Corynebacterium insidiosum (McCull.) H. L. Jens., in factorial combinations. Both factors significantly reduced top growth of alfalfa plants in the greenhouse, and a higher level of bacterial wilt was observed when S. hispidula was present than when it was absent.