Genotypic and phenotypic diversity in Colletotrichum acutatum, a cosmopolitan pathogen causing anthracnose on a wide range of hosts

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-378

  Sreenivasaprasad, S ^a   Talhinhas, Pedro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; COLLETOTRICHUM; CONIFEROPHYTA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; GLOMERELLA ACUTATA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 27644510518     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2005.00291.x     Document Type: Review

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