Fungal communities in herbaceous medicinal plants from the malnad region, Southern India

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-28

  Krishnamurthy, Yelugere L ^a   Naik, Shankar B ^a   Jayaram, Shashikala ^a  

^a KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity; Fungi; Malnad Region; Medicinal herbs; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYOSPHAERIA; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; HYPHOMYCETES; NIGROSPORA ORYZAE; PHOMA MULTIROSTRATA; SPHAEROPSIS; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 59049107692     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.23.24     Document Type: Article

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