Impact of Austropuccinia psidii (myrtle rust) on Myrtaceae-rich wet sclerophyll forests in south east Queensland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Pegg, Geoff ^a,b   Taylor, Tamara ^c   Entwistle, Peter ^d   Guymer, Gordon ^e   Giblin, Fiona ^a   Carnegie, Angus ^b,f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b PLANT BIOSECURITY COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d North East Agriculture Services ^*  (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^f NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTROPUCCINIA PSIDII; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; MYRTACEAE; MYRTLE; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT DISEASE; PUCCINIA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUEENSLAND; RAIN FOREST; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; BASIDIOMYCETES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT LEAF;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MYRTACEAE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 85034763204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188058     Document Type: Article

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