Molecular systematics of citrus-associated Alternaria species

Mycologia

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-134

  Peever, T L ^a   Su, G ^a   Carpenter Boggs, L ^a   Timmer, L W ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anonymous region; Beta tubulin; Black rot; Endopolygalacturonase; Mitochondrial LSU rDNA; Phylogeny; Phytopathogen

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; TAXONOMY;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ALTERNARIA CITRI; ALTERNARIA CITRIMACULARIS; ALTERNARIA LIMICOLA; CITRUS; CITRUS JAMBHIRI; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS PARADISI; CITRUS RETICULATA; CITRUS TANGELO; CITRUS X PARADISI; FUNGI; LIMICOLA; MYXOGASTRIA; PUNCTUM BLANDIANUM;

EID: 1542350992     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2005.11833002     Document Type: Article

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