Sources of Diplodia pinea endophytic infections in Pinus patula and P. radiata seedlings in South Africa

Forest Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 370-375

  Bihon, W ^a   Slippers, B ^a   Burgess, T ^a,b   Wingfield, M J ^a   Wingfield, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGAL DISEASE; GERMINATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INOCULATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; SEEDLING; SPORE; UNDERSTORY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPLODIA PINEA; FUNGI; PINUS PATULA; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 80053323239     PISSN: 14374781     EISSN: 14390329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2010.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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