The causal agents of witches' broom and frosty pod rot of cacao (chocolate, Theobroma cacao) form a new lineage of Marasmiaceae

Mycologia

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1012-1022

  Aime, M C ^a   Phillips Mora, W ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Anamorphic basidiomycetes; Cacao pathogens; Cocoa; Fungal taxonomy; Molecular systematics

Indexed keywords

COCOA; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CHAETOCALATHUS; CRINIPELLIS; CRINIPELLIS PERNICIOSA; CRINIPELLIS RORERI; FUNGI; MARASMIUS; MONILIOPHTHORA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 33644780907     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 00275514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2006.11832751     Document Type: Article

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