Fungal endophyte diversity and community patterns in healthy and yellowing leaves of Citrus limon

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 212-222

  Douanla Meli, C ^a   Langer, E ^a   Talontsi Mouafo, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorosis; Citrus diseases; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; Competitive antagonism; Foliar endophytes; ITS rDNA; Mycosphaerella; Non pathogenic; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; MYCOSPHAERELLA;

EID: 84876339184     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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