Differential involvement of indole-3-acetic acid biosynthetic pathways in pathogenicity and epiphytic fitness of Erwinia herbicola pv. gypsophilae

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 634-642

  Manulis, Shulamit ^a   Haviv Chesner, Anat ^b   Brandl, Maria T ^c   Lindow, Steve E ^c   Barash, Isaac ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOKININ; GYPSOPHILA PANICULATA; INDOLE 3 PYRUVATE; INDOLEACETAMIDE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; PATHOGENICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA HERBICOLA; GYPSOPHILA; GYPSOPHILA PANICULATA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS PV. GYPSOPHILAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0032122522     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.7.634     Document Type: Article

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