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Molecular Identification and Multilocus Phylogeny of Ophiosphaerella Species Associated with Spring Dead Spot of Bermudagrass
2017-07-01
Abstract excerpt
Spring dead spot (SDS) is a devastating disease of bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.], a widely used turfgrass in the transition zone of the United States. The fungi causing SDS have been identified as belonging to three species of the genus Ophiosphaerella based on cultural characters and the morphology of seldom encountered pseudothecial stages. The three species [O. herpotricha (Fr.) Walker, O. korrae (...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 77987fce-fa46-51e6-a99b-64892beea8d2
- DOI
- 10.2135/cropsci2016.05.0437
