Molecular detection of Apiosporina morbosa, causal agent of black knot in Prunus virginiana

Plant Disease

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 815-821

  Zhang, J X ^a,b   Fernando, W G D ^a   Remphrey, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

'Shubert Select'; Dibotryon morbosum

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; FUNGI; TISSUE;

APIOSPORINA MORBOSA; BLACK KNOT DISEASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER (ITS); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

BIOASSAY;

BIOLOGICAL TESTS; DISEASES; ENZYMES; FUNGI; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANT TISSUES;

ALTERNARIA; APIOSPORINA MORBOSA; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; PHOMA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 22544488411     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-89-0815     Document Type: Article

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