Resistance of airborne fungal propagules to ultraviolet irradiation: Laboratory study

Lithuanian Journal of Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-273

  Ulevicius V ^a   Peciulyte D ^b   Plauskaite K ^a   Spirkauskaite N ^a  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Aerosol chamber; Fungal propagules; Mutation; Relative recovery; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649309887     PISSN: 16488504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3952/lithjphys.48308     Document Type: Article

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