Regional and local patterns in the spatial distribution of the flower-infecting smut fungus Sporisorium amphilophis in natural populations of its host Bothriochloa macra

New Phytologist

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 459-469

  García Guzmán, Graciela ^a   Burdon, Jeremy J ^b   Ash, Julian E ^a   Cunningham, Ross B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bothriochloa macra; Competition; Density dependence; Spatial variation; Sporisorium amphilophis (floral smut)

Indexed keywords

BOTHRIOCHLOA MACRA; FUNGI; SPORISORIUM; SPORISORIUM AMPHILOPHIS;

PATHOGENICITY; SMUT;

EID: 0029666986     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb01866.x     Document Type: Article

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