Neofusicoccum parvum, a causal agent associated with cankers and decline of Norfolk Island pine in Australia

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 484-489

  Golzar, Hossein ^a   Burgess, Treena I ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Araucaria heterophylla; Botryosphaeriaceae; Neofusicoccum parvum ribis complex; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

ARAUCARIA HETEROPHYLLA; BOTRYOSPHAERIACEAE; FUNGI;

EID: 80755129166     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: 14486032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13313-011-0068-4     Document Type: Article

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