Rhizopycnis vagum gen. et sp. nov., a new coelomycetous fungus from roots of melons and sugarcane

Mycologia

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 290-296

  Farr, D F ^a   Miller, M E ^b   Bruton, B D ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cantaloupe; Coelomycetes; Cucurbitaceae; Fungi; ITS sequence; Ribosomal DNA; Stagonospora; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CONIDIOGENESIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GUATEMALA; HONDURAS; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER REGION SEQUENCE; MELON; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SUGARCANE; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

COELOMYCETES; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; FUNGI; RHIZOPYCNIS VAGUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; STAGONOSPORA;

EID: 0031958959     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761305     Document Type: Article

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