Host Range of a Select Isolate of the Ericoid Mycorrhizal Fungus Hymenoscyphus ericae

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1163-1166

  Gorman, Nicole R ^a   Starrett, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Calluna; Enkianthus; Ericaceae; Gaultheria; Kalmia; Leucothoe; Oxydendrum; Pieris; Rhododendron; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELL CULTURE; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

COLONIZATION; HORTICULTURE;

FUNGUS PROTECTION;

ARBUTUS; ARBUTUS UNEDO; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; ENKIANTHUS; ENKIANTHUS CAMPANULATUS; ERICACEAE; FUNGI; GAULTHERIA; GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS; HYMENOSCYPHUS; HYMENOSCYPHUS ERICAE; KALMIA; KALMIA LATIFOLIA; LEUCOTHOE FONTANESIANA; OXYDENDRUM; OXYDENDRUM ARBOREUM; PIERIS FLORIBUNDA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON CALENDULACEUM; RHODODENDRON CAROLINIANUM; RHODODENDRON CATAWBIENSE; RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM; RHODODENDRON MUCRONULATUM; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 0344585414     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.6.1163     Document Type: Article

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