A conceptual model for the development of Phytophthora disease in Quercus robur

New Phytologist

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-68

  Jonsson U ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Nutrients; Oak decline; Phytophthora; Quercus robur (pedunculate oak); Root damage; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; RAIN; WATER;

FUNGAL DISEASE; TREE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; OAK; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SOIL; TREE;

CARBON; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; POTASSIUM; QUERCUS; RAIN; SOIL; TREES; WATER;

PHYTOPHTHORA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 33744903659     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01743.x     Document Type: Review

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