Botryosphaeriaceae occurring on native Syzygium cordatum in South Africa and their potential threat to Eucalyptus

Plant Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 624-636

  Pavlic, D ^a   Slippers, B ^a   Coutinho, T A ^a   Wingfield, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Botryosphaeriaceae; Eucalyptus spp.; Host association; Indigenous tree; Latent pathogen; Myrtaceae

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DNA; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INOCULATION; NATIVE SPECIES; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOTRYOSPHAERIA DOTHIDEA; BOTRYOSPHAERIACEAE; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; LASIODIPLODIA GONUBIENSIS; MYRTACEAE; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM;

EID: 34447536469     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01608.x     Document Type: Article

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