Population structure and disease development of Cryphonectria parasitica in European chestnut forests in the presence of natural hypovirulence

Phytopathology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-59

  Bissegger, Martin ^a   Rigling, Daniel ^a   Heiniger, Ursula ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

biological control; dsRNA; Endothia parasitica; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CASTANEA SATIVA; CRYPHONECTRIA HYPOVIRUS; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; ENDOTHIA; HYPOVIRUS; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 0031017905     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1997.87.1.50     Document Type: Article

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