The importance of archival and herbarium materials in understanding the role of oospores in late blight epidemics of the past

Phytopathology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1120-1130

  Ristaino, Jean B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Oomycetes

Indexed keywords

OOSPORE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO LATE BLIGHT; SPORE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031758195     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1998.88.11.1120     Document Type: Review

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