From native plants in central Europe to cultivated crops worldwide: The emergence of Didymella bryoniae as a cucurbit pathogen

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 532-535

  Keinath, Anthony P ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BRYONIA; DIDYMELLA BRYONIAE; FUNGI; HUMULUS;

EID: 79955374735     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.4.532     Document Type: Article

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