Genome analysis of the plant pathogenic ascomycete Leptosphaeria maculans; mapping mating type and host specificity loci

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 293-302

  Cozijnsen, Anton J ^a   Popa, Kerryn M ^a   Purwantara, Agus ^a,b   Rolls, Barbara D ^a   Howlett, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Biotechnology Research Institute for Estate Crops   (Indonesia)

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EID: 0000394506     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1364-3703.2000.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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