Endophytes as potential pathogens of the baobab species Adansonia gregorii: A focus on the Botryosphaeriaceae

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Sakalidis, Monique L ^a   Hardy, Giles E StJ ^a   Burgess, Treena I ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boab; Lasiodiplodia theobromae; Neofusicoccum; Neoscytalidium; Pathogenicity; Pseudofusicoccum; The Kimberley and latent pathogens; Tropical Australia; Tropical fungi

Indexed keywords

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA; BOTRYOSPHAERIA RHODINA; BOTRYOSPHAERIACEAE; FUNGI;

EID: 78650254880     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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