Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for the poplar rust fungi Melampsora medusae and Melampsora larici-populina

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 484-486

  Steimel, J ^a   Chen, W ^a,b   Harrington, T C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Melampsora larici populina; Melampsora medusae; SSR

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MELAMPSORA; MELAMPSORA LARICIS-POPULINA; MELAMPSORA MEDUSAE; POPULUS; SALIX; UREDINALES;

EID: 28344451366     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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