Spatial distribution of Neonectria species associated with beech bark disease in northern Maine

Mycologia

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 190-195

  Kasson, Matthew T ^a   Livingston, William H ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

American beech; Beech bark disease; Hardwood tree diseases; Nectria canker; Neonectria spp.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BARK; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CRYPTOCOCCUS FAGISUGA; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FUNGI; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; NECTRIA DITISSIMA; NEONECTRIA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BARK; BEECH; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

FAGUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HYPOCREALES; MAINE; PLANT BARK; PLANT DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 65549105997     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/08-165     Document Type: Article

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