High levels of dothistromin toxin produced by the forest pathogen Dothistroma pini

Mycological Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 325-332

  Bradshaw, R E ^a   Ganley, R J ^a   Jones, W T ^b   Dyer, P S ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOTHISTROMIN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; FUNGAL INFECTION; FUNGAL SPORE; GENETIC STRAIN; GERMANY; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOTOXIN; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PINUS RADIATA; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SPACER DNA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

FOREST HEALTH; PATHOGEN; TOXIN;

NEW ZEALAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DOTHISTROMA; DOTHISTROMA PINI; FUNGI; MYCOSPHAERELLA PINI; PINUS RADIATA; SCIRRHIA; SCIRRHIA PINI;

EID: 0033934940     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756299001367     Document Type: Article

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