Quest to elucidate the life cycle of Puccinia psidii sensu lato

Fungal Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 253-263

  Morin, Louise ^a   Talbot, Mark J ^a   Glen, Morag ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus rust; Guava rust; Myrtle rust; Nuclear cycle; Uredo rangelii

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; EUCALYPTUS RUST; EUGENIA; GENETICS; GUAVA RUST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYRTACEAE; MYRTLE RUST; NUCLEAR CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; UREDO RANGELII;

EUCALYPTUS RUST; GUAVA RUST; MYRTLE RUST; NUCLEAR CYCLE; UREDO RANGELII;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; EUGENIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYRTACEAE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84893742797     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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