Ascosphaera acerosa sp. nov. isolated from the alfalfa leafcutting bee, with a key to the species of Ascosphaera

Mycologia

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 797-803

  Bissett, John ^a   Duke, Grant ^b   Goettel, Mark ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascomycetes; Chalkbrood; Megachile rotundata

Indexed keywords

ASCOSPHAERA ACEROSA;

EID: 0030475576     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3760974     Document Type: Article

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