Effect on nursery and field performance of Pinus patula seedlings after inoculation with Fusarium circinatum

Southern Forests

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 125-136

  Jones, Nicoletta B ^a   Ford, Craig M ^a   Light, Marnie E ^b   Nadel, Ryan L ^b   Greyling, Izette ^c   Fourie, Gerda ^c   Wingfield, Michael J ^d   Morris, Andrew R ^a  

^a Shaw Research Centre   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMERCIAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Fusarium circinatum; Inoculation; Nursery to field; Pinus patula; Seedlings; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900370279     PISSN: 20702620     EISSN: 20702639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/20702620.2014.916503     Document Type: Article

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