Identification of benzimidazole resistance in Cladobotryum dendroides using a PCR-based method

Mycological Research

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 671-676

  McKay, Gareth J ^a,b   Egan, Damian ^a   Morris, Elizabeth ^a   Brown, Averil E ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BENZIMIDAZOLE; CARBENDAZIM; COBWEB DISEASE; CULTIVATION; CYSTEINE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; IDENTIFICATION; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; IRELAND; METHYLBENZIMIDAZOLE CARBAMATE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION SITE; TUBULIN; TYROSINE;

FUNGAL PATHOGEN; FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE;

AGARICUS BISPORUS; CLADOBOTRYUM DENDROIDES;

EID: 0031815182     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s095375629700542x     Document Type: Article

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