New report of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing postbloom fruit drop on citrus in Bermuda

Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-194

  McGovern, Robert J ^a   Seijo, Teresa E ^b   Hendricks, Katherine ^a   Roberts, Pamela D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

blossom blight; citrus diseases; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; key lime anthracnose; pathogen identification

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS SINENSIS; CITRUS X PARADISI; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA ACUTATA; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA;

EID: 84863934849     PISSN: 07060661     EISSN: 17152992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2012.670137     Document Type: Article

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