Hydrophobicity and surface electrostatic charge of conidia of the mycoparasite Coniothyrium minitans

Mycological Research

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-249

  Smith, S N ^a,b   Chohan, R ^a   Armstrong, R A ^a   Whipps, J M ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS;

EID: 0031811211     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756297004796     Document Type: Article

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