Chemical signals responsible for appressorium formation in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 335-346

  Gilbert, R D ^a   Johnson, A M ^a   Dean, R A ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000262719     PISSN: 08855765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmpp.1996.0027     Document Type: Article

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