Occurrence of chasmothecia and mating type distribution of Podosphaera xanthii, a causal agent of cucurbit powdery mildew in northern Italy

Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 307-313

  Pirondi, A ^a   Perez Garcia A ^b   Portillo, I ^a   Battistini, G ^a   Turan, C ^a   Brunelli, A ^a   Collina, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascospore viability; Multiplex PCR; Powdery mildew; Sexual recombination

Indexed keywords

ERYSIPHALES; GOLOVINOMYCES ORONTII; PODOSPHAERA XANTHII;

EID: 84940108788     PISSN: 11254653     EISSN: 22397264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4454/JPP.V97I2.018     Document Type: Article

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