Damage to foliage and stems caused by fungal pathogens in young eucalypt plantations in Zambia

Southern Forests

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-178

  Muimba Kankolongo, A ^a   Nawa, I N ^b   Roux, J ^c   Ng'andwe, P ^a  

^a Lulea University of Technology   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aulographina; Botryosphaeriaceae; Cryptosporiopsis; Cylindrocladium; E. cloeziana; Eucalyptus grandis; Kirramyces; Teratosphaeriaceae; Timber industry

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOSPHAERIACEAE; CRYPTOSPORIOPSIS; CYLINDROCLADIUM; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CLOEZIANA; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; FUNGI; KIRRAMYCES;

EID: 77949321054     PISSN: 20702620     EISSN: 20702639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/SF.2009.71.3.1.913     Document Type: Article

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