Genetic diversity and aggressiveness of Ophiosphaerella korrae, a cause of spring dead spot of bermudagrass

Plant Disease

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1341-1346

  Iriarte, F B ^a,d   Wetzel III, H C ^b   Fry, J D ^a   Martin, D L ^c   Tisserat, N A ^a,e  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

L. narmari; Leptosphaeria korrae; Root rot; Turfgrass

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PATHOLOGY; SAMPLING;

BERMUDAGRASS CORES; GREENHOUSE STUDIES; SPRING DEAD SPOTS (SDS);

GENES;

GENES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PATHOLOGY; SAMPLING;

CYNODON; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA KORRAE; OPHIOSPHAERELLA; OPHIOSPHAERELLA HERPOTRICHA; OPHIOSPHAERELLA KORRAE; OPHIOSPHAERELLA NARMARI; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 9344221043     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2004.88.12.1341     Document Type: Article

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