Heterokaryosis is not required for virulence of Heterobasidion annosum

Mycologia

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-102

  Garbelotto, Matteo M ^a   Lee, Hoon K ^a   Slaughter, Garey ^a   Popenuck, Tina ^a   Cobb, Fields W ^a   Bruns, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

heterokaryons; Homokaryons; inoculation; mating; root pathogen

Indexed keywords

ABIES; FUNGI; HETEROBASIDION; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM;

EID: 0030988952     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761177     Document Type: Article

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