Genetics of vegetative incompatibility in Cryphonectria parasitica

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2988-2994

  Cortesi, Paolo ^a   Milgroom, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; FUNGUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN;

CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; FUNGI; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 0031903977     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.2988-2994.1998     Document Type: Article

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