Genetic differentiation and host specificity among populations of Alternaria spp. causing brown spot of grapefruit and tangerine x grapefruit hybrids in Florida

Phytopathology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 407-414

  Peever, T L ^a   Olsen, L ^b,c   Ibanez A ^b   Timmer, L W ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternaria alternata; Alternaria citri; Polymerase chain reaction; Population structure; Species specificity

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CULTIVAR; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAPEFRUIT; HOST SPECIFICITY; HYBRID; PATHOGENICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

ALTERNARIA;

EID: 0034121432     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.2000.90.4.407     Document Type: Article

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