Seed-borne Botryosphaeria spp. from native Prunus and Podocarpus trees in Ethiopia, with a description of the anamorph Diplodia rosulata sp. nov.

Mycological Research

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1005-1014

  Gure, Abdella ^a,b   Slippers, Bernard ^a   Stenlid, Jan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

AFROCARPUS FALCATUS; BOTRYOSPHAERIA; DIPLODIA; DOTHIORELLA; PODOCARPUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS AFRICANA; PYGEUM;

EID: 25144503891     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756205003266     Document Type: Article

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