Variation in culture and rDNA among isolates of Sphaeropsis sapinea from Ontario and Manitoba

Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 256-264

  Hausner, G ^a   Reid, J ^a   Hopkin, A A ^b   Davis, C N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diplodia; Morphotypes; RFLP; Sphaeropsis

Indexed keywords

CANADA; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGAL GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; RIBOSOMAL DNA;

PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PICEA PUNGENS; PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS RESINOSA; SPHAEROPSIS SAPINEA;

EID: 0032702894     PISSN: 07060661     EISSN: 17152992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07060669909501188     Document Type: Article

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