Cues for zoospore release by marine oomycotes in naturally decaying submerged leaves

Mycologia

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 934-938

  Newell, Steven Y ^a   Fell, Jack W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Halophytophthora; labyrinthulids; mangrove; Rhizophora; saltmarsh

Indexed keywords

AVICENNIA GERMINANS; HALOPHYTOPHTHORA; HALOPHYTOPHTHORA VESICULA; LABYRINTHULIDAE; OOMYCETES; QUERCUS; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; VERBENACEAE;

BLACK MANGROVE; RED MANGROVE; ZOOSPORE RELEASE;

EID: 0030299132     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761055     Document Type: Article

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