Lack of association between cerato-ulmin production and virulence in Ophiostoma novo-ulmi

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 556-564

  Bowden, Christine G ^a   Smalley, Eugene ^b   Guries, R P ^b   Hubbes, Martin ^a   Temple, Bradley ^a   Horgen, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPHIOSTOMA NOVO;

EID: 0030237104     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0556     Document Type: Article

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