Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, a new causal agent of citrus post-bloom fruit drop

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-165

  Lima, Waléria Guerreiro ^a   Spósito, Marcel Bellato ^b   Amorim, Lilian ^c   Gonçalves, Fabrício Packer ^c   de Filho, Péricles Albuquerque Melo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Citrus spp.; Epidemiology; Koch's postulates

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRUIT; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; INOCULATION; NEW SPECIES; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; COLLETOTRICHUM; GLOMERELLA ACUTATA; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA;

EID: 79960847187     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-011-9795-1     Document Type: Article

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