Effect of silicon application on the resistance of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) to field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yunck.)

Document Type : Short paper

Authors

• A. Aliverdi ¹
• Fereshteh Jalilifard ²

¹ Associate Professor in Weed Science, Department of Production Engineering and Plant Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.

² Department of Plant Production and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.

Keywords

• dodder
• haustorium
• sodium silicate
• stress
• sugar beet

Main Subjects

• Entomology and pathobiology