Indirect evidence for sexual reproduction in Cercospora beticola populations from sugar beet

Plant Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-32

  Groenewald, M ^a,b   Linde, C C ^c   Groenewald, J Z ^a   Crous, P W ^a,b  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AFLP; Beta vulgaris; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Mating type idiomorphs; Population structure

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SUGAR BEET; SYMPTOM;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; NEW ZEALAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA BETICOLA; FUNGI;

EID: 38349047026     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01697.x     Document Type: Article

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