Quantifying potato pathogen DNA in soil

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-238

  Brierley, Jennie L ^a   Stewart, Jennifer A ^a   Lees, Alison K ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colletotrichum coccodes; Rhizoctonia solani; Soil DNA extraction; Spongospora subterranea

Indexed keywords

COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM COCCODES; HYPHOMYCETES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPONGOSPORA SUBTERRANEA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 58549110010     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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