A specific primer PCR and RFLP assay for the rapid detection and differentiation in planta of some Mycosphaerella species associated with foliar diseases of Eucalyptus globulus

Mycological Research

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1476-1493

  Kularatne, H A Geetha C ^a   Lawrie, Ann C ^a   Barber, Paul A ^b   Keane, Philip J ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ORCHARD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FUNGI; MYCOSPHAERELLA; MYCOSPHAERELLA CRYPTICA; MYCOSPHAERELLA GRANDIS; MYCOSPHAERELLA NUBILOSA; MYCOSPHAERELLA TASMANIENSIS; MYCOSPHAERELLA VESPA; VESPA; VESPIDAE; VICTORIA;

EID: 13444279174     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756204000759     Document Type: Article

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