DNA amplification fingerprinting provides evidence that Discula desstructiva, the cause of dogwood anthracnose in North America, is an introduced pathogen
Trigiano RN, Caetano-Anolles G, Bassam BJ, Windham MT. 1995. DNA amplification fingerprinting provides evidence that Discula desstructiva, the cause of dogwood anthracnose in North America, is an introduced pathogen. Mycologia. 87(4):490-500
From the Abstract: "DNA amplification fingerprinting was used to characterize 28 isolates of Discula destructiva and three isolates of an undescribed species of Discula. These filamentous fungi cause anthracnose of various species of dogwood (Cornus). Isolates were obtained from throughout the disease range in the eastern and western United States and western Canada and DNA amplification fingerprinting profiles generated with 10 arbitrary oligonuceotide primers.... The ata suggest that D. destructiva was recently introduced into North America."
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Trigiano, Robert; Caetano-Anolles, Gustavo; Bassam, Brant; Windham, Mark
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- DNA analysis, dogwood anthracnose (Discula destructiva), Fungi