First report of Neofusicoccum australe associated with grapevine cordon dieback in Italy

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 417-420

  Linaldeddu, Benedetto T ^a   Scanu, Bruno ^a   Schiaffino, Angela ^a   Serra, Salvatorica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Botryosphaeriaceae; Grapevine diseases; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOSPHAERIACEAE; VITIS;

EID: 79959971576     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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