Variation in pathogenicity of a mountain pine beetle-associated blue-stain fungus, Grosmannia clavigera, on young lodgepole pine in British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 457-466

  Plattner, Alex ^a   Kim, Jae Jin ^b   DiGuistini, Scott ^a   Breuil, Colette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blue stain fungus; Grosmannia clavigera; Intraspecific variation; Mountain pine beetle; Ophiostoma clavigerum; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

CLAVIGERA; COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; FUNGI; OPHIOSTOMA; OPHIOSTOMA CLAVIGERUM; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 77953232153     PISSN: 07060661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07060660809507543     Document Type: Article

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