Infection of Trientalis europaea by the systemic smut fungus Urocystis trientalis: Disease incidence, transmission and effects on performance of host ramets

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 995-1004

  Piqueras, Jesús ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Host pathogen interaction; Population; Pseudoannual; Temporal patterns

Indexed keywords

CLONE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLOWERING; GROWING SEASON; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION; SIZE; SURVIVAL; UROCYSTIS TRIENTALIS;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNGAL DISEASE; RAMET; SURVIVAL;

TRIENTALIS EUROPAEA;

EID: 0032763279     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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