Morphological, genetic, and pathogenic characterization of colletotrichum acutatum, the cause of anthracnose of almond in australia

Phytopathology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 985-995

  McKay, Suzanne F ^a   Freeman, Stanley ^b   Minz, Dror ^c   Maymon, Marcel ^b   Sedgley, Margaret ^d   Collins, Graham C ^a   Scott, Eileen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Department of Plant Pathology ^*

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLLETOTRICHUM; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; PRUNUS;

AUSTRALIA; COLLETOTRICHUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PRUNUS;

COLLETOTRICHUM; GLOMERELLA ACUTATA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 68649120496     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-99-8-0985     Document Type: Article

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