Identification and characterization of Pythium species associated with greenhouse floral crops in Pennsylvania

Plant Disease

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1227-1231

  Moorman, G W ^a   Kang, S ^a   Geiser, D M ^a   Kim, S H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DNA; FUNGI; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IRRIGATION; SOIL TESTING;

BASE PAIR SEQUENCE;

CROPS;

EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; PELARGONIUM; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM; PYTHIUM ARRHENOMANES; PYTHIUM CYLINDROSPORUM; PYTHIUM DELIENSE; PYTHIUM DISSOTOCUM; PYTHIUM HETEROTHALLICUM; PYTHIUM IRREGULARE; PYTHIUM MYRIOTYLUM; PYTHIUM SPLENDENS; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM;

EID: 0036830416     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2002.86.11.1227     Document Type: Article

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