Critical review of Identification Techniques for Armillaria spp. and Heterobasidion annosum Root and Butt Rot Diseases

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 146, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 61-72

  Schulze, S ^a   Bahnweg, G ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advantages; Armillaria spp., heterobasidion annosum; Disadvantages; Identification techniques; Perspectives; Principles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001793274     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1998.tb04659.x     Document Type: Review

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