Detection and quantification of Leptographium wageneri, the cause of black-stain root disease, from bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Northern California using regular and real-time PCR

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1798-1808

  Schweigkofler, Wolfgang ^a   Otrosina, William J ^b   Smith, Sheri L ^b   Cluck, Daniel R ^b   Maeda, Kevin ^a   Peay, Kabir G ^a   Garbelotto, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISEASES; DNA; FUNGI; INSECT CONTROL;

BLACK-STAIN ROOT DISEASES; CONIFER FORESTS; WEEVIL SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE VECTOR; FUNGAL DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; DISEASES; FORESTRY; FUNGI; INSECTS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ROOTS;

CALIFORNIA; LASSEN NATIONAL FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS VALENS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HYLASTES GRACILIS; HYLASTES LONGICOLLIS; HYLASTES MACER; HYLURGOPS; HYLURGOPS POROSUS; INSECTA; IPS PINI; LEPTOGRAPHIUM; LEPTOGRAPHIUM WAGENERI; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 29844439417     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-077     Document Type: Article

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