Spore germination and appressorium formation in the entomopathogenic Alternaria alternata

Mycological Research

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1349-1359

  Hatzipapas, Panayotis ^a   Kalosaka, Katerina ^a   Dara, Alexia ^a   Christias, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNGUS; GERMINATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANURAPHIS; ANURAPHIS NERII; APHIDIDAE; FUNGI; INSECTA; PISUM SATIVUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0036866177     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756202006792     Document Type: Article

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