First record of Chalara fraxinea in Finland and genetic variation among isolates sampled from Åland, mainland Finland, Estonia and Latvia

Forest Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 169-174

  Rytkonen A ^a   Lilja, A ^a   Drenkhan, R ^b   Gaitnieks, T ^c   Hantula, J ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c LATVIAN STATE FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE SILAVA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NEW RECORD; PATHOLOGY; SAMPLING;

ESTONIA; FINLAND; LATVIA;

CHALARA; FUNGI; HYMENOSCYPHUS;

EID: 79953131798     PISSN: 14374781     EISSN: 14390329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2010.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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