Morphological, cultural and pathogenic characteristics of Coniothyrium zuluense isolates from different plantation regions in South Africa

Mycopathologia

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 149-153

  Van Zyl, Len M ^a   Coutinho, Teresa A ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Stem canker

Indexed keywords

CONIOTHYRIUM; CONIOTHYRIUM ZULUENSE; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 0037283258     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020471227055     Document Type: Article

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