Female fertility and mating type distribution in a South African population of Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2094-2095

  Britz, H ^a,d   Wingfield, M J ^a,d   Coutinho, T A ^a,d   Marasas, W F O ^b   Leslie, J F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FUSARIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MATING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; REPRODUCTION;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM SP.; FUSARIUM SUBGLUTINANS; GIBBERELLA CIRCINATA;

EID: 0031776376     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2094-2095.1998     Document Type: Article

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