Evidence for a new introduction of the pitch canker fungus Fusarium circinatum in South Africa

Plant Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 530-538

  Steenkamp, E T ^a   Makhari, O M ^a   Coutinho, T A ^a   Wingfield, B D ^a   Wingfield, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AFLP; Fusarium circinatum; Sexual compatibility; Vegetative compatibility

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISEASE CONTROL; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; PATHOLOGY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SEEDLING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA CIRCINATA; PINUS PATULA; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 84898050674     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12136     Document Type: Article

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