TRACKING A TREE-KILLER: IMPROVING DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZING SPECIES DISTRIBUTION OF <em>PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI</em> IN APPALACHIAN FORESTS
Phytophthora cinnamomi is a soil-borne oomycete pathogen causing root rot in susceptible host species. P. cinnamomi is thought to have originated in Southeast Asia, but has since been introduced to many regions around the world, where it causes dramatic declines in many forest tree species. In the e...
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UKnowledge
2018
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