Association of the pitch canker pathogen Fusarium circinatum with grass hosts in commercial pine production areas of South Africa

Southern Forests

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 161-166

  Swett, Cassandra L ^a,b   Porter, Bernice ^c   Fourie, Gerda ^c   Steenkamp, Emma T ^c   Gordon, Thomas R ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alternate hosts; Fusarium circinatum; Grasses; Pinus; Pitch canker; Poaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939938276     PISSN: 20702620     EISSN: 20702639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/20702620.2014.916087     Document Type: Article

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