Role of extracellular polysaccharide and endoglucanase in root invasion and colonization of tomato plants by Ralstonia solanacearum

Phytopathology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1264-1271

  Saile, Elke ^a   McGarvey, Jeff A ^b   Schell, Mark A ^a   Denny, Timothy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 0030729924     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1997.87.12.1264     Document Type: Article

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