The melanin biosynthesis genes of Alternaria alternata can restore pathogenicity of the melanin-deficient mutants of Magnaporthe grisea

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 446-453

  Kawamura, Chie ^a   Moriwaki, Jouji ^a,c   Kimura, Norio ^a,d   Fujita, Yasunari ^a,e   Fuji, Shin Ichi ^b   Hirano, Tetsuji ^b   Koizumi, Shinzo ^b   Tsuge, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aichi Ken Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

conidial melanization; conidiation; host specific toxin; the Japanese pear pathotype of A. alternata

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 0031149917     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.4.446     Document Type: Article

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