Culture collections, the new herbaria for fungal pathogens

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 45, Issue , 2010, Pages 21-32

  Abd Elsalam, Kamel A ^a   Yassin, Mohamed A ^a   Moslem, Mohamed A ^a   Bahkali, Ali H ^a   De Wit, Pierre J G M ^a,f   McKenzie, Eric H C ^a,b   Stephenson, Steven L ^a,c   Cai, Lei ^a,d   Hyde, Kevin D ^a,e  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^e MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Long term preservation; Lyophilization; Plant pathogen collections; Type cultures

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGI; MYCOSPHAERELLA; PHYLLOSTICTA;

EID: 79955843359     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: 18789129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13225-010-0063-z     Document Type: Review

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