Elsinoë fawcettii and Elsinoë australis: The fungal pathogens causing citrus scab

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-135

  Chung, Kuang Ren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ELSINOCHROME A; PERYLENE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS FRUIT; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CITRUS; HOST SPECIFICITY; PERYLENE; PLANT DISEASES; QUINONES;

ASCOMYCOTA; CITRUS; CITRUS AURANTIUM; CITRUS SINENSIS; DOTHIDEOMYCETES; ELSINOE; ELSINOE AUSTRALIS; ELSINOE FAWCETTII; MYRIANGIALES; RUTACEAE;

EID: 78650769214     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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