Evidence for the occurrence of natural hybridization in reed-associated Pythium species

Plant Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-270

  Nechwatal, J ^a   Mendgen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hybrids; Maize; Phragmites australis; Pythium arrhenomanes; Pythium phragmitis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNGUS; GRASS; HABITAT SELECTION; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INOCULATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MAIZE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POACEAE; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM ARRHENOMANES; PYTHIUM PHRAGMITIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 62349099575     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2008.01955.x     Document Type: Article

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