Detection of Chalara fraxinea from tissue of Fraxinus excelsior using species-specific ITS primers

Forest Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-115

  Johansson, S B K ^a   Vasaitis, R ^a   Ihrmark, K ^a   Barklund, P ^a   Stenlid, J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DIEBACK; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY;

EUROPE;

CHALARA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; FUNGI; HYMENOSCYPHUS;

EID: 77952896045     PISSN: 14374781     EISSN: 14390329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2009.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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