Variability in aggressiveness, cultural characteristics, cercosporin production and fatty acid profile of Cercospora piaropi, a biocontrol agent of water hyacinth

Plant Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 957-966

  Tessmann, D J ^a,b   Charudattan, R ^a   Preston, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aquatic weed; Bioherbicide; Cercospora rodmanii; Eichhornia crassipes; Pathogenic fungi; Pathogenic variability; Phytotoxin

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; FATTY ACID; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; TOXIN;

CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA PIAROPI; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; FUNGI;

EID: 52149119864     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2008.01867.x     Document Type: Article

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