Mycosphaerella leaf disease (MLD) outbreak on Eucalyptus globulus in Brazil caused by Teratosphaeria (Mycosphaerella) nubilosa

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 302-306

  Pérez, Guillermo ^a   Slippers, Bernard ^a   Wingfield, Brenda D ^a   Finkenauer, Elder ^b   Wingfield, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Centro de Tecnologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Forest pathology; Introduced pathogen; Mycosphaerella nubilosa

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; MYCOSPHAERELLA; MYCOSPHAERELLA NUBILOSA; TERATOSPHAERIA;

EID: 77952222287     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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