Molecular evidence for the presence of Ophiosphaerella narmari n. comb., a cause of spring dead spot of Bermuda grass, in North America

Mycological Research

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 981-989

  Wetzel III, Henry C ^a   Hulbert, S H ^a   Tisserat, N A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTOSPHAERIA NARMARI; OPHIOSPHAERELLA HERPOTRICHA; OPHIOSPHAERELLA KORRAE; OPHIOSPHAERELLA NARMARI; PHAEOSPHAERIA;

EID: 0033497747     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756298007977     Document Type: Article

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