An anther-smut disease (Ustilago violacea) of fire-pink (Silene virginica): Its biology and relationship to the anther-smut disease of white campion (Silene alba)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 130-143

  Antonovics, J ^a   Stratton, D ^a,b   Thrall, P H ^a   Jarosz, A M ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILENE ALBA; SILENE VIRGINICA; USTILAGO VIOLACEA;

EID: 0030039090     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426879     Document Type: Article

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