Incidence and diversity of double-stranded RNAs occurring in the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, in China and Japan

Phytopathology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 811-817

  Peever, Tobin L ^a,d   Liu, Yir Chung ^a   Wang, Kerong ^b   Hillman, Bradley I ^c   Foglia, Robert ^b   Milgroom, Michael G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Castanea spp.; Endothia parasitica; Hypovirulence; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BASE PAIRING; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; JAPAN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RNA PROBE; RNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CASTANEA; CRYPHONECTRIA HYPOVIRUS; CRYPHONECTRIA HYPOVIRUS 1; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; ENDOTHIA; FUNGI; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 0031821423     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1998.88.8.811     Document Type: Article

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