The invasive ash dieback pathogen Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus exerts maximal infection pressure prior to the onset of host leaf senescence

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 302-308

  Hietala, Ari M ^a   Timmermann, Volkmar ^a   BØrja, Isabella ^a   Solheim, Halvor ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ascospore production; Epidemiology; Invasive pathogen; Leaf physiology; Microscopy; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; HYMENOSCYPHUS;

EID: 84878813095     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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