Genome size variation in the pine fusiform rust pathogen Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme as determined by flow cytometry

Mycologia

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1295-1302

  Anderson, Claire L ^a   Kubisiak, Thomas L ^b   Nelson, C Dana ^b   Smith, Jason A ^a   Davis, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme; Flow cytometry; Fusiform rust disease; Genome size; Propidium iodide; Pycniospore; Spermatia

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGUS; GALL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; RUST DISEASE;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT DISEASE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, FUNGAL; HAPLOIDY; PINUS; PLANT DISEASES;

CRONARTIUM QUERCUUM; PUCCINIA GRAMINIS F. SP. TRITICI; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 78049247057     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/10-040     Document Type: Article

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