Sea turtle egg fusariosis: unraveling the biology of an emerging fungal pathogen

By Christopher Smyth
Backed by Courtney Davis, Maria Del Mar Jimenez-Gasco, Carolee Bull, Timothy White, Keith Fischer, Jake Callaghan, Heather Hallen-Adams, Priscila Chaverri, Gretchen Kuldau, Daniel Lindner, and 60 other backers
Pennsylvania State University
State College, Pennsylvania
BiologyEcology
DOI: 10.18258/7246
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So, what's a NERRS site anyway?
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The characteristic "canoe-shaped" spores of Fusarium
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