Geographic distribution and genetic diversity of three Ophiosphaerella species that cause spring dead spot of bermudagrass

Plant Disease

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1160-1166

  Wetzel III, Henry C ^a   Skinner, Daniel Z ^a   Tisserat, Ned A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

L. narmari; Leptosphaeria korrae

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE MODEL; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; HAPLOTYPE; SPRING DEAD SPOT; UNITED STATES;

CYNODON; LEPTOSPHAERIA KORRAE; MYXOGASTRIA; OPHIOSPHAERELLA; OPHIOSPHAERELLA HERPOTRICHA; OPHIOSPHAERELLA KORRAE; OPHIOSPHAERELLA NARMARI; POA; POA PRATENSIS;

EID: 0032723730     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1999.83.12.1160     Document Type: Article

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