First outbreak of pitch canker in a South African pine plantation

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-261

  Coutinho, T A ^a   Steenkamp, E T ^a   Mongwaketsi, K ^a   Wilmot, M ^b   Wingfield, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Mountain to Ocean (MTO) Forestry (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SP.; GIBBERELLA CIRCINATA; HEXAPODA; PINUS PATULA; PINUS RADIATA; PISSODES NEMORENSIS;

EID: 34247881809     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AP07017     Document Type: Article

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