A canker disease of seedlings and saplings of Tetragastris panamensis (Burseraceae) caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea in a lowland tropical forest

Plant Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 684-687

  Gilbert, Gregory S ^a,c   De Steven, Diane ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c c/o STRI ^*  (Panama)

Author keywords

Fusicoccum aesculi; tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOSPHAERIA DOTHIDEA; BURSERACEAE; DOTHIDEA; FUSICOCCUM; TETRAGASTRIS PANAMENSIS;

EID: 0029778451     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-80-0684     Document Type: Article

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