First report of Alternaria species associated with black point of wheat in Tunisia

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 465-467

  Bensassi, Fatma ^a,b   Zid, Mouldi ^a   Rhouma, Ali ^c   Bacha, Hassen ^b   Hajlaoui, Mohamed Rabeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b Faculty of Dentistry   (Tunisia)

^c Olive Tree Institute   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Contamination; Durum wheat; ITS; PCR; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ALTERNARIA JAPONICA; ALTERNARIA TENUISSIMA; DAUCUS CAROTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 77951770539     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175132     Document Type: Article

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