Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus, the causal agent of European ash dieback

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-21

  Gross, Andrin ^a   Holdenrieder, Ottmar ^a   Pautasso, Marco ^a   Queloz, Valentin ^a   Sieber, Thomas Niklaus ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; CHALARA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; HELOTIALES; HYMENOSCYPHUS; LEOTIOMYCETES;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; FRAXINUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST RANGE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; REPRODUCTION;

ASCOMYCOTA; FRAXINUS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST SPECIFICITY; PLANT DISEASES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84889097768     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12073     Document Type: Article

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