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Morphological and molecular characterisation of Geosmithia species on European elms.
Fungal biology - 1 Nov 2015
Pepori Alessia L, Kolařík Miroslav, Bettini Priscilla P, Vettraino Anna Maria, Santini Alberto
Abstract excerpt
Species of the genus Geosmithia are associated with insect species, mainly bark beetles. On Ulmus spp., the same beetles are also vectors of Ophiostoma ulmi s.l., the agent of Dutch elm disease (DED), a worldwide elm disease. Aim of this paper is to characterise Geosmithia species associated with elms and/or elm beetles in Europe. Seventy-two strains representative of all morphological taxonomic units were used...
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