Blister rusts in China: hosts, pathogens, and management

Forest Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 369-381

  Zhang, X Y ^a   Lu, Q ^a,b   Sniezko, R A ^b   Song, R Q ^c   Man, G ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DISEASE CONTROL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDE; INFECTIVITY; PEST SPECIES; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRUNING; RARE SPECIES; RUST DISEASE; SILVICULTURE; THINNING;

CHINA;

CRONARTIUM; CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; FUNGI; PEDICULARIS; PINUS ARMANDII; RIBES; RIBES HUDSONIANUM; STROBUS; UREDINALES;

EID: 77955593791     PISSN: 14374781     EISSN: 14390329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2010.00663.x     Document Type: Review

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