PCR-RFLP and sequence data delineate three Diaporthe species associated with stone and pome fruit trees in South Africa

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 909-912

  Moleleki, Ntsane ^a   Preisig, Oliver ^a   Wingfield, Michael John ^a   Crous, Pedro Willem ^b   Wingfield, Brenda Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Canker pathogen; DsRNA mycovirus; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; FUNGAL DISEASE; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

DIAPORTHE; DIAPORTHE AMBIGUA; DIAPORTHE PERJUNCTA; DSRNA VIRUSES; FUNGI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MYXOGASTRIA; PHOMOPSIS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0036866304     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021296801350     Document Type: Article

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