Cuticular waxes relieve self-inhibition of germination and appressorium formation by the conidia of Magnaporthe grisea

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-84

  Hegde, Y ^a   Kolattukudy, P E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 0031472215     PISSN: 08855765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmpp.1997.0105     Document Type: Article

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