UV light-induced conversion of Pestalotiopsis microspora to biotypes with multiple conidial forms

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2002, Pages 179-193

  Worapong, Jeerapun ^a   Ford, Eugene ^a   Strobel, Gary ^a   Hess, Wilford ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendages; Biotypes; Metabolites; Pestalotiopsis; Systematics; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MONOCHAETIA; PESTALOTIOPSIS; PESTALOTIOPSIS MICROSPORA;

EID: 0346225585     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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