Quantification of Pythium populations in ginseng soils by culture dependent and real-time PCR methods

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 447-455

  Kernaghan, G ^a   Reeleder, R D ^b   Hoke, S M T ^b  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Dilution plating; rDNA sequences; Soil pathogen populations

Indexed keywords

PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM IRREGULARE; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM;

EID: 52149096471     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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