Elm clone identification and the conundrum of the slow spread of Dutch Elm Disease on the Isle of Man

New Journal of Botany

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2016, Pages 79-89

  Coleman, M ^a   A'Hara S W ^a   Tomlinson, P R ^a   Davey, P J ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprint; microsatellite; Ophiostoma novo ulmi; Ulmaceae; Ulmus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013249536     PISSN: 20423489     EISSN: 20423497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20423489.2016.1271612     Document Type: Article

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