A fungal symbiont of the redbay ambrosia beetle causes a lethal wilt in redbay and other Lauraceae in the Southeastern United States

Plant Disease

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-224

  Fraedrich, Stephen W ^a   Harrington, T C ^b   Rabaglia, R J ^a   Ulyshen, M D ^a   Mayfield III, A E ^c   Hanula, J L ^a   Eickwort, J M ^c   Miller, D R ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERIZED SEEDLINGS; MORTALITY; VASCULAR WILT DISEASES;

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; CULTIVATION; DISEASES;

FUNGI;

ACER RUBRUM; AMBROSIA; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; LAURACEAE; LINDERA BENZOIN; LINDERA MELISSIFOLIA; LITSEA AESTIVALIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PERSEA BORBONIA; PLATYPODINI; RAFFAELEA; SASSAFRAS; XYLEBORUS;

EID: 38349127926     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-92-2-0215     Document Type: Article

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