Discovery of the canker pathogen Chrysoporthe austroafricana on native Syzygium spp. in South Africa

Plant Disease

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 433-438

  Heath, R N ^a   Gryzenhout, M ^a   Roux, J ^a   Wingfield, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diaporthales; Forestry; Myrtales

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORESTRY; FUNGI; GENES; MORPHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DIAPORTHALES; FRUITING STRUCTURES; MYRTALES;

DISEASES;

ANATOMY; DISEASES; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PATHOGENS; PLANTS;

CHRYSOPORTHE CUBENSIS; DIAPORTHALES; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGI; MYRTALES; SYZYGIUM; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM; TIBOUCHINA;

EID: 33645294013     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0433     Document Type: Article

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