Molecular Identification of Sphaceloma perseae (Avocado Scab) and its Absence in New Zealand

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-113

  Everett, Kerry R ^a   Rees George, Jonathan ^a   Pushparajah, Irene P S ^a   Manning, Michael A ^a   Fullerton, Robert A ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Elsino ampelina; Elsino araliae; Elsino fawcettii; Elsino leucospermi; Internal transcribed spacer; ITS; Phaeosphaeria; Phylogeny; Polymerase chain reaction; Sphaceloma manihoticola

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; ORCHARD; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM;

CUBA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED STATES;

ELSINOE; ELSINOE AMPELINA; ELSINOE FAWCETTII; ELSINOE LEUCOSPERMI; FUNGI; MITOSPORIC PHAEOSPHAERIA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PHAEOSEPTORIA; PHAEOSPHAERIA; SPHACELOMA; SPHACELOMA MANIHOTICOLA;

EID: 78650889037     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: 14390434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2010.01739.x     Document Type: Article

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