Fungi vectored by the introduced bark beetle Tomicus piniperda in Ontario, Canada, and comments on the taxonomy of Leptographium lundbergii, Leptographium terebrantis, Leptographium truncatum, and Leptographium wingfieldii

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1222-1237

  Hausner, G ^a   Iranpour, M ^a   Kim, J J ^b   Breuil, C ^b   Davis, C N ^c   Gibb, E A ^a   Reid, J ^a   Loewen, P C ^a   Hopkin, A A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Blue stain fungi; ITS regions; Leptographium; Ophiostoma

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORESTRY; FUNGI;

LEPTOGRAPHIUM TEREBRANTIS; LEPTOGRAPHIUM TRUNCATUM; LEPTOGRAPHIUM WINGFIELDII; LEPTOGRAPHIUM WINGFIELDII MORELET;

CROPS;

FUNGUS; PATHOGEN; TAXONOMY;

FUNGI; INSECTS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TREES;

COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPTOGRAPHIUM; LEPTOGRAPHIUM LUNDBERGII; LEPTOGRAPHIUM PROCERUM; LEPTOGRAPHIUM TEREBRANTIS; LEPTOGRAPHIUM WINGFIELDII; OPHIOSTOMA; OPHIOSTOMA AUREUM; OPHIOSTOMA IPS; OPHIOSTOMA MINUS; SCOLYTINAE; SPHAEROPSIS SAPINEA; TOMICUS PINIPERDA;

EID: 33645660652     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-095     Document Type: Article

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