The foliar rust caused by the basidiomycete Melampsora larici-populina is the main disease affecting poplar plantations in Europe. Melampsora larici-populina is responsible for poplar leaf rust disease and causes severe epidemics in poplar plantations in Europe ...
Urediniospores of M. larici-populina were uniformly echinulate except for a smooth area on or near the rounded apex (Fig. I). The abnormally-shaped urediniospores which are commonly observed in M. larici-populina are more likely to be formed as a result of the p ...
Although a Taq polymerase with proofreading capability was used in the generation of amplicons, an examination for potential variation in sequence due to random base changes introduced by the amplification process was made. Two clones from each reference strain for each species were sequenc ...