Damage to Abies koreana seeds by soil-borne fungi on Mount Halla, Korea

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 371-382

  Cho, Hyekyoung ^a   Miyamoto, Toshizumi ^b   Takahashi, Kunihide ^b   Hong, Sunggak ^a   Kim, Jongjin ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED; SOILS;

SEED PATHOGENS; SEEDBEDS;

FUNGI;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DAMAGE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNGAL DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; INHIBITION; REGENERATION; SEED; SURVIVAL;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FUNGI; NATURAL REFORESTATION; SEEDS; SOIL;

ASIA; CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HALLA MOUNTAIN; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

ABIES; ABIES KOREANA; FUNGI; HALLA; RACODIUM THERRYANUM; SASA;

EID: 34547439916     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-226     Document Type: Article

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