Decay capacity of different strains of the blue stain fungus Lasiodiplodia theobromae on various wood species

Material und Organismen

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages

  Encinas, Osvaldo ^a,b   Daniel, Geoffrey ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Betula verrucosa; Blue stain; Cell wall degradation; G layer; Hevea brasiliensis; Lasiodiplodia theobromae; Pinus caribaea; Populus tremula

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343518743     PISSN: 00255270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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