Speciation and distribution of Botryosphaeria spp. on native and introduced Eucalyptus trees in Australia and South Africa

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 343-358

  Slippers, Bernard ^a   Fourie, Gerda ^a   Crous, Pedro W ^b   Coutinho, Teresa A ^a   Wingfield, Brenda D ^a   Carnegie, Angus J ^c   Wingfield, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Botryosphaeria; Eucalyptus; Fusicoccum; Idiocercus; Multigene phylogeny; PCR RFLP; Sympatric speciation

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOSPHAERIA; BOTRYOSPHAERIA DOTHIDEA; BOTRYOSPHAERIA EUCALYPTORUM; BOTRYOSPHAERIA PARVA; DOTHIDEA; EUCALYPTUS; FUSICOCCUM;

EID: 20144389806     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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