Identification of root rot fungi in nursery seedlings by nested multiplex PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4026-4031

  Hamelin, Richard C ^a   Bérubé, Pierre ^a   Gignac, Manon ^a   Bourassa, Martin ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CALONECTRIA KYOTENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CYLINDROCARPON; CYLINDROCLADIUM; FUNGI; JUGLANS NIGRA; NEONECTRIA RADICICOLA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PICEA MARIANA; PICEA RUBENS; PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 0029851978     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.4026-4031.1996     Document Type: Article

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