Identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi of the genus Tuber by species-specific ITS primers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-277

  Amicucci, A ^a   Zambonelli, A ^b   Giomaro, G ^a,c   Potenza, L ^a   Stocchi, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Botanica

Author keywords

Ectomycorrhiza; Identification; ITS; SCAR marker; Specific PCR; Tuber

Indexed keywords

ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FRUIT; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER REGION; LIFE CYCLE; MYCELIUM;

TUBER BORCHII; TUBER DRYOPHILUM; TUBER MACULATUM; TUBER MAGNATUM; TUBER PUBERULUM;

EID: 0031900338     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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