Identity of the mtDNA haplotype(s) of Phytophthora infestans in historical specimens from the Irish Potato Famine

Mycological Research

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 471-479

  May, Kimberley Jane ^a   Ristaino, Jean Beagle ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS;

FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 2942588943     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756204009876     Document Type: Article

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