The Myrtle rust pathogen, Puccinia psidii, discovered in Africa

IMA Fungus

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-159

  Roux, Jolanda ^a   Greyling, Izette ^a   Coutinho, Teresa A ^a   Verleur, Marcel ^b   Wingfeld, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Sappi Forests Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus rust; Guava rust; Myrtus communis; Pucciniaceae; Uredo rangellii

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890117142     PISSN: 22106340     EISSN: 22106359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.01.14     Document Type: Article

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