Quantification of conidia of Diplodia spp. extracted from red and jack pine cones

Plant Disease

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-86

  Munck, Isabel A ^a   Stanosz, Glen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Sphaeropsis sapinea; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; LOCATION; PATHOGENS;

JACK PINE TREES; JACK PINES; MOLECULAR METHODS; PINE CONES; PINE SPECIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCES; SPHAEROPSIS SAPINEA; SPORULATION; WISCONSIN;

FORESTRY;

EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; GERMINATION; PATHOGENS; PINUS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WATER;

CONIFEROPHYTA; DIPLODIA; DIPLODIA PINEA; DIPLODIA SCROBICULATA; PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS RESINOSA; SPHAEROPSIS SAPINEA;

EID: 58249110619     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-93-1-0081     Document Type: Article

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