Diversity and distribution of co-infecting Botryosphaeriaceae from Eucalyptus grandis and Syzygium cordatum in South Africa

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-43

  Pillay, K ^a   Slippers, B ^a   Wingfield, M J ^a   Gryzenhout, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Botryosphaeriaceae; Endophytes; Eucalyptus; Myrtaceae; South Africa; Syzygium

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST RANGE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; NEW RECORD; PATHOGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BOTRYOSPHAERIACEAE; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; FUNGI; LASIODIPLODIA; MYRTACEAE; SYZYGIUM; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM;

EID: 84868492502     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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