The occurrence and distribution of Pythium species on Hainan Island of South China

Botanical Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 525-534

  Ho, Hon Hing ^a   Chen, Xiu Xian ^b   Zeng, Hui Cai ^b   Zheng, Fu Cong ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Institute of Tropical Biological Sciences and Biotechnology   (China)

^c HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chromista; Ecology; Oomycetes; Pythiaceous Fungi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874044476     PISSN: 1817406X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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