Effect of foliar disease on the epiphytic yeast communities of creeping bentgrass and tall fescue

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 853-860

  Allen, Toni W ^a   Quayyum, Habib A ^a,b   Burpee, Leon L ^a   Buck, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dollar spot; Phylloplane; Rhizoctonia blight

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; PLANTS (BOTANY); YEAST;

BENTGRASS; FOLIAR DISEASES; TALL FESCUE; YEAST COMMUNITIES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

FUNGAL DISEASE; GRASS; YEAST;

AGROSTIS; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS FLAVUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; EPIPHYTE; HYPHOMYCETES; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOZYMA ANTARCTICA; PSEUDOZYMA APHIDIS; PSEUDOZYMA PARANTARCTICA; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; RHODOTORULA; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; SAKAGUCHIA DACRYOIDEA; SCLEROTINIA HOMEOCARPA; SPORIDIOBOLUS PARAROSEUS; TALL FESCUE; YEAST;

AGROSTIS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS; ECOSYSTEM; FESTUCA; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; RHIZOCTONIA; RHODOTORULA; YEASTS;

CRYPTOCOCCUS FLAVUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; PSEUDOZYMA ANTARCTICA; PSEUDOZYMA APHIDIS; PSEUDOZYMA PARANTARCTICA; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; SCLEROTINIA HOMOEOCARPA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 14344254925     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-073     Document Type: Article

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