A PCR-RFLP based diagnostic technique to rapidly identify Seiridium species causing cypress canker

Mycologia

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1352-1354

  Krokene, Paal ^a   Barnes, Irene ^b   Wingfield, Brenda D ^b   Wingfield, Michael J ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cypress canker; Diagnostics; HaeIII; tubulin

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CUPRESSACEAE; CUPRESSUS; FUNGI; SEIRIDIUM; SEIRIDIUM CARDINALE; SEIRIDIUM CUPRESSI; SEIRIDIUM UNICORNE;

EID: 13144283722     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2005.11832884     Document Type: Article

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