Characterization and pathogenicity of fungi and oomycetes associated with root diseases of date palms in Oman

Crop Protection

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-6

  Al Sadi, A M ^a   Al Jabri, A H ^a   Al Mazroui, S S ^a   Al Mahmooli, I H ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

ITS rDNA; Phoenix dactylifera

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; FRUIT; FUNGAL DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; ROOT ROT; SEEDLING; SYMPTOM;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; OMAN;

ARECACEAE; BOTRYOSPHAERIA RHODINA; CERATOCYSTIS; CERATOCYSTIS RADICICOLA; COCHLIOBOLUS; COCHLIOBOLUS HAWAIIENSIS; CORYNASCUS KUWAITIENSIS; EXSEROHILUM ROSTRATUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM REDOLENS; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GIBBERELLA ACUMINATA; GIBBERELLA THAPSINA; NIGROSPORA SPHAERICA; OOMYCETES; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; PHOMA MULTIROSTRATA; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM INDIGOFERAE; PYTHIUM SPINOSUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM;

EID: 84860624175     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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