Characterizing the Sphaceloma fungus, causal agent of superelongation disease in cassava

Plant Disease

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 423-428

  Alvarez, Elizabeth ^a   Molina, Martha L ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASSAVA; CHROMOSOME BANDING; COLOMBIA; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL GROWTH; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GERMPLASM; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION ENZYME ANALYSIS; SUPERELONGATION DISEASE; TROPICS;

SPHACELOMA MANIHOTICOLA;

EID: 0034107330     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2000.84.4.423     Document Type: Article

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