Characterization and distribution of mating type genes in the dothistroma needle blight pathogens

Phytopathology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 825-834

  Groenewald, Marizeth ^a   Barnes, Irene ^b   Bradshaw, Rosie E ^c   Brown, Anna V ^d   Dale, Angie ^e   Groenewald, Johannes Z ^a   Lewis, Kathy J ^e   Wingfield, Brenda D ^b   Wingfield, Michael J ^b   Crous, Pedro W ^a  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascomycetes; Heterothallic; Mycosphaerella; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; DOTHISTROMA; DOTHISTROMA PINI; FUNGI; MYCOSPHAERELLA; MYCOSPHAERELLA PINI;

EID: 34447126406     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-97-7-0825     Document Type: Article

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