The mycobiota of the cactus weed Pereskia aculeata in Brazil, with comments on the life-cycle of Uromyces pereskiae

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 25, Issue , 2007, Pages 127-140

  Pereira, Olinto L ^a   Barreto, Robert W ^a   Cavallazzi, José Renato Pereira ^b   Braun, Uwe ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Estadual do Amazonas   (Czech Republic)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Cercospora; Classical biological control; Fungal survey; New species; Plant disease; Pseudocercospora; Taxonomy; Uromyces

Indexed keywords

AECIDIUM; CACTACEAE; CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA APII; FUNGI; MYCOTA; OPUNTIA; PERESKIA; PERESKIA ACULEATA; PERESKIA GRANDIFLORA; PSEUDOCERCOSPORA; UREDINALES; UROMYCES;

EID: 38049136417     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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