Ergot fungus Claviceps cynodontis found on Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) in the Americas

Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 541-546

  Pazoutova S ^a   Odvody, G ^b   Frederickson, D E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Bulawayo Centre   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Bermuda grass; Claviceps cynodontis; Ergot; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; Rdna

Indexed keywords

CLAVICEPS; CLAVICEPS MAXIMENSIS; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; CLAVICEPS SP. SG; CYNODON DACTYLON; FUNGI; SETARIA GENICULATA;

EID: 33645411447     PISSN: 07060661     EISSN: 17152992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07060660509507255     Document Type: Article

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