Virulence of a pisatin demethylase-deficient Nectria haematococca MPVI isolate is increased by transformation with a pisatin demethylase gene

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 787-792

  Ciuffetti, Lynda M ^a,b   VanEtten, Hans D ^a,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusarium solani; isoflavonoids; pterocarpan

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; NECTRIA HAEMATOCOCCA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0030459117     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0787     Document Type: Article

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