Of mushrooms and chocolate trees: Aetiology and phylogeny of witches' broom and frosty pod diseases of cacao

Plant Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 728-740

  Evans, H C ^a,b   Bezerra, J L ^c   Barreto, R W ^b  

^a CABI   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RECÔNCAVO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Marasmiaceae; Moniliophthora; Taxonomic novelties; Theobroma cacao; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

COCOA; CYTOLOGY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ETIOLOGY; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MUSHROOM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANDES; CORDILLERA; PARAGUAY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIGNONIACEAE; CRINIPELLIS RORERI; FUNGI; HERRANIA; MALPIGHIACEAE; MALVACEAE; MONILIOPHTHORA; SOLANACEAE; THEOBROMA; THEOBROMA CACAO; THEOBROMA GILERI;

EID: 84880263224     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12010     Document Type: Review

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