Pseudonectria buxi causing leaf and stem blight on Buxus in Canada

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 763-773

  Shi, Fang ^a   Hsiang, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boxwood; Fungi; Inoculation; Volutella blight; Volutella buxi; Wounding

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGAL DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NURSERY GROUND; PATHOGENICITY; SAPROTROPHY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BUXACEAE; BUXUS; FUNGI; PSEUDONECTRIA; THRIXOPELMA PRURIENS; VOLUTELLA;

EID: 84895813042     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-013-0348-7     Document Type: Article

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