Uromycladium acaciae, the cause of a sudden, severe disease epidemic on Acacia mearnsii in South Africa

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 637-645

  McTaggart, Alistair R ^a   Doungsa ard, Chanintorn ^b,c   Wingfield, Michael J ^a   Roux, Jolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PLANT BIOSECURITY COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Botrycephaleae; Emerging disease; Microcyclic rust; Plantation forestry; Pucciniales; Taxonomy; Uredinales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944457246     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: 14486032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13313-015-0381-4     Document Type: Article

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