The Massaria disease of plane trees: Its wood decay mechanism

IAWA Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 395-406

  Schmitt, Uwe ^a   Koch, Gerald ^a   Lüer, Benjamin ^b   Dujesiefken, Dirk ^c  

^a Thuenen Institute of Wood Research   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Institute of Arboriculture   (Germany)

Author keywords

branch; fine structure; Massaria disease; Platanus hispanica; soft rot; topochemistry; wood decay

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MASSARIA; PLATANUS; PLATANUS HISPANICA;

EID: 84923883580     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: 22941932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-00000074     Document Type: Article

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