Salt marsh Claviceps purpurea in native and invaded Spartina marshes in Northern California

Plant Disease

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-386

  Fisher, A J ^a   DiTomaso, J M ^a   Gordon, T R ^a   Aegerter, B J ^a   Ayres, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Ergot; Nonsystemic floral pathogen; Plant disease epidemics; San Francisco Bay

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DISEASES; ESTUARIES; SALTS; SEED;

BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS; ERGOTS; NONSYSTEMIC FLORAL PATHOGENS; PLANT DISEASE EPIDEMICS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY;

PATHOGENS;

DISEASES; ESTUARIES; INFLORESCENCE; INOCULATION; PATHOGENS; SEEDS; SWAMPS;

CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA FOLIOSA;

EID: 33947491349     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-91-4-0380     Document Type: Article

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