Specialization of a fungal pathogen on host tree species in a cross-inoculation experiment

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1394-1401

  Konno, Miki ^a   Iwamoto, Susumu ^b   Seiwa, Kenji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colletotrichum anthrisci; Damping off; Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Host specificity; Janzen Connell model; Local adaptation; Pathogenic fungus; Species diversity; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

ABSCISSION; ADULT; COEXISTENCE; CONSPECIFIC; DAMAGE; DAMPING-OFF; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; HOST PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INOCULATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NATURAL ENEMY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEEDLING; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST; VIRULENCE;

COLLETOTRICHUM; CORNUS; CORNUS CONTROVERSA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS LANUGINOSA; FUNGI; MAGNOLIA OBOVATA; MAGNOLIACEAE; PRUNUS; PRUNUS GRAYANA;

EID: 80053622088     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01869.x     Document Type: Article

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