Preliminary studies on Botryosphaeria species from Southern Hemisphere conifers in Australasia and South Africa

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-220

  Slippers, Bernard ^a   Summerell, Brett A ^b   Crous, Pedro W ^a,c   Coutinho, Teresa A ^a   Wingfield, Brenda D ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Canker; Conidia; Die back; Fusicoccum; Gene genealogies; New record; Pathogen; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARAUCARIA; BOTRYOSPHAERIA; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; FUSICOCCUM; WIDDRINGTONIA; WOLLEMIA NOBILIS;

EID: 23444449721     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AP05020     Document Type: Article

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