Biodiversity of emerging pathogenic and invasive fungi in plants, animals and humans in Italy

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 988-996

  Picco, A M ^a   Angelini, P ^b   Ciccarone, C ^c   Franceschini, A ^d   Ragazzi, A ^e   Rodolfi, M ^a   Varese, G C ^f   Zotti, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animals; Emerging pathogenic fungi; Endophytes; Humans; Italy; Plants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 84858052495     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2011.633118     Document Type: Review

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