A sunflower leaf antifungal peptide active against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 178-182

  Regente, Mariana C ^a   Oliva, Claudia R ^a   Feldman, Mariana L ^a   Castagnaro, Atilio P ^b   De La Canal, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antifungal proteins; Helianthus annuus; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum; sunflower

Indexed keywords

SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 0031010697     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000121.x     Document Type: Article

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