Phototropism of conidial germ tubes of Botrytis cinerea and its implication in plant infection processes

Plant Disease

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 850-856

  Islam, S Z ^a   Honda, Y ^a   Sonhaji, M ^b  

^a Fac of Life and Environ Science

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFECTIVITY; PATHOGENICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT INFECTION; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; VICIA FABA;

BOTRYTIS CINEREA;

EID: 0031826588     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1998.82.8.850     Document Type: Article

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