Identification of fungal pathogens occurring in eucalypt and pine plantations in Zambia by comparing DNA sequences

Forestry

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 507-515

  Chungu, D ^a,b   Muimba Kankolongo, A ^b   Wingfield, M J ^a   Roux, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Department of Environmental and Plant Sciences   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FORESTRY PRACTICE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; PLANTATION;

ZAMBIA;

BOTRYOSPHAERIA RHODINA; CALONECTRIA; CONIOTHYRIUM; EUCALYPTUS; PINUS KESIYA; PINUS OOCARPA;

EID: 78649299798     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpq033     Document Type: Article

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