Containment and spot eradication of a highly destructive, invasive plant pathogen (Phytophthora cinnamomi) in natural ecosystems

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 913-925

  Dunstan, William A ^a   Rudman, Timothy ^b   Shearer, Bryan L ^c   Moore, Nicole A ^a,c   Paap, Trudy ^a   Calver, Michael C ^a   Dell, Bernard ^a   Hardy, Giles E St J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity protection; Eradication; Fumigation; Fungicide; Invasive species; Plant pathogen; Root barriers; Vegetation destruction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FUMIGATION; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; HOT SPOT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PATHOGENICITY; SAMPLING; VEGETATION TYPE;

OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 77952239817     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9512-6     Document Type: Article

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