Genetic analysis of developmental mutants and rapid chromosome mapping of APP1, a gene required for appressorium formation in Magnaporthe grisea

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 767-774

  Zhu, Heng ^a   Whitehead, Debra S ^a,b   Lee, Yong Hwan ^a,c   Dean, Ralph A ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Royal Horticultural Gardens   (United Kingdom)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

genetic crosses; infection related morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 0030472239     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0767     Document Type: Article

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