Water stress and insect defoliation promote the colonization of Quercus cerris by the fungus Biscogniauxia mediterranea

Forest Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-135

  Capretti, P ^a   Battisti, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; FUNGUS; INFECTIVITY; INOCULATION; MOTH; SEEDLING; WATER STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BISCOGNIAUXIA MEDITERRANEA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; QUERCUS CERRIS;

EID: 33947629110     PISSN: 14374781     EISSN: 14390329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2007.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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