Association Between Fusarium spp. on Spartina alterniflora and Dieback Sites in Connecticut and Massachusetts

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 436-444

  Elmer, Wade H ^a   LaMondia, James A ^b   Caruso, Frank L ^c  

^a The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dieback; Fungi; Nematodes; Plant pathogens; Smooth cordgrass

Indexed keywords

DIEBACK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GRASS; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; PATHOGENICITY; SALTMARSH; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

CAPE COD; CONNECTICUT; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM INCARNATUM; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84857657965     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-011-9448-9     Document Type: Article

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