Polymerase chain reaction-based detection of Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pitch canker disease

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1270-1273

  Ramsfield, T D ^a   Dobbie, K ^b   Dick, M A ^a   Ball, R D ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b Scion Wood Quality ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diagnostic PCR; Fusarium circinatum; Pitch canker

Indexed keywords

FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA CIRCINATA; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 55149110334     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02188.x     Document Type: Article

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